GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY CAUSES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE 4 ELEMENTS THAT ‘FOOD SECURITY’ INVOLVES + WHAT DO THEY REFER TO INDIVIDUALLY:

Answer 1

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PRODUCTION, STOCK LEVELS, NET TRADE
ACCESS TO FOOD; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; INCOME, MARKET AND FOOD PRICES
FOOD UTILIZATION; FEEDING PRACTICES, FOOD PREPARATION, DIET DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION WITHIN HOUSEHOLD, NUTRITIONAL STATUS…
STABILITY; WEATHER AND CLIMATE, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, ECONOMIC FACTORS

Question 2

PERCENTAGE OF UNDERNOURISHED PEOPLE:

Answer 2

9.9%

Question 3

EFFECTS OF COVID 19 ON FOOD SECURITY COULD LEAVE HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FACING HUNGER?

Answer 3

30 MILLION

Question 4

WHICH CONTINENT DO MOST UNDERNOURISHED PEOPLE RESIDE IN?

Answer 4

ASIA

Question 5

1 IN HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN 2020?

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

DO MORE CHILDREN SUFFER FROM STUNTING OR WASTING?

Answer 6

STUNTING

Question 7

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CANNOT AFFORD HEALTHY DIETS?

Answer 7

3 BILLION

Question 8

WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE CAUSES OF INCREASING IMPACT OF DBN IN LMIC AND WHY?

Answer 8

URBANIZATION (PEOPLE LIVING IN SMALLER SPACES, BUSY LIFESTYLES, MORE SEDENTARY JOBS, STREET FOOD..)

GLOBALISATION (TRANSNATIONAL FOOD COMPANIES, MORE ENERGY DENSE BUT NUTRITIONALLY POOR FOODS, IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, EXPORTING FOOD WITHOUT SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF COUNTRY’S OWN POPULATION

DIETARY CHANGES (EMPTY CALORIES, HEALTHY FOOD MORE EXPENSIVE)

OBESOGENIC ENVIRONMENT (MICROWAVE MEALS, LESS COOKING SKILLS, LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, INCREASED PORTION SIZES AKA SUPERSIZING)

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS ( PASSIVE TRANSPORT, TECHNOLOGY OF CANNING/PRESERVING FOODS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS (BODY IMAGE, OVERWEIGHT IN SOME COUNTRIES MEANS RICH AND HEALTHY, GETTING FOOD THROUGH MINIMAL PHYSICAL EFFORT ETC.