Impacts of inadequate food consumption (LDCs) Flashcards
What are the 2 health impact of inadequate food consumption on INDIVIDUALS?
Malnutrition which is when the body does not get enough nutrients
Starvation is when people are at extreme hunger due to lack of food
Why is malnutrition and starvation more common in LDCs?
- There are more people living in poverty in LDCs
- Unstable political situation
- LDCs have lack of resources to counter natural disaster
What are the Economic impact of inadequate food consumption on COUNTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS/
Lower productivity at workplace
Higher spending on healthcare
Long-term debt
What cause lower work productivity at workplace?
When workers do not have enough nutrients->they are less healthy->they fall sick more often->lower income ->individuals have lower disposable income->productivity of company decrease as there are lesser workers at work place
Less healthy children->cannot go to school->loss the opportunity of education
What cause higher spending on healthcare?
When more people get sick-> demand of healthcare increases-> government spend more money on healthcare-> lesser money is spent on education, transportation and housing
What is tied aid?
money that a rich country lends to a poor country, on condition that the poor country spends the money on goods from the rich country (from cambridge dictionary)
What is the political impact of inadequate food supply which leads to the inadequate food consumption?
Social Unrest
which is when people protest or behave violently to communicate their unhappiness about a political situation
How does inadequate food supply cause social unrest?
For example due to a drought in russia-> It lead to a decrease in wheat production-> Prices of wheat increases-> resulting to protest in Africa
What is the social impact of inadequate food consumption?
Scavenging which is finding food through things that is thrown away by others
For example the eating of pagpag (left over restaurant food) in the phillipines
