Food Security- PPPHC

Question 1

What is food security?

Answer 1

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

Question 2

What is food insecurity?

Answer 2

Food insecurity exists when access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food is jeopardized.

Question 3

What is household food security?

Answer 3

Household food security is access by all members at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.

Question 4

What are the minimum requirements for food security?

Answer 4

ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, assured ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways, and that all occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation.

Question 5

What are the dimensions of food security?

Answer 5

availability, accessibility, adequacy, and acceptability.

Question 6

What does availability in food security refer to?

Answer 6

increased production of food.

Question 7

What does accessibility in food security refer to?

Answer 7

equality of access between the rich and the poor, and the economic ability to purchase sufficient foods.

Question 8

What does adequacy in food security refer to?

Answer 8

sustainability of production, distribution, consumption, and waste management.

Question 9

What does acceptability in food security refer to?

Answer 9

food options determined by culture

Question 10

What are the pillars of food security?

Answer 10

availability, access, and use.

Question 11

What does food use in food security refer to?

Answer 11

appropriate use based on knowledge of basic nutrition and care, and adequate water and sanitation.

Question 12

What factors affect food security?

Answer 12

• Food production
• Food preservation
• Demographic and household characteristics
• Income/expenditures.

Question 13

How is food security linked to health?

Answer 13

insecurity leads to poor nutrition, which affects health.

Question 14

What are the effects of food crisis on health?

Answer 14

deterioration in health, increased rates of undernutrition, high maternal and child morbidity and mortality, and reduced human potential.

Question 15

What are ways to achieve food security?

Answer 15

rapid economic growth, slower population growth, and enhancing human capital through education and improved health.

Question 16

What is the importance of using locally available foods?

Answer 16

they are accessible, adapted to people’s eating habits, safer for health, and contain beneficial substances apart from nutrients.

Question 17

What is the conclusion regarding food security?

Answer 17

Food security is important; food should be available, accessible, and used properly, with a focus on locally available foods rich in fiber and micro-nutrients.