Global Nutrition (33)!

Question 1

To study global/national health what is measured?

Answer 1

-number of low birth weight infants
-prevalence of underweight children
-rates of breast feeding
-access to safe drinking water

Question 2

Who measures the health and nutritional status of developing countries?

Answer 2

-World Health Organization (WHO)
-United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Question 3

Why do starvation/malnutrition happen?

Answer 3

-poverty, poor/corrupt governments, inequitable distribution of food supply, low levels of education, discrimination against females, HIV/AIDs epidemic, lack of economic opportunities, racism, ethnocentrism, low agricultural productivity (natural disasters), unsafe water

Question 4

Highest cost of food for one week:

Answer 4

Germany - but high quantity

Question 5

Lowest cost of food for one week:

Answer 5

Chad - low quantity