Practice 1 quiz Flashcards
What are the three types of environments that affect food security? Give examples for each.
! Physical Environment: climate change, soil degradation, water scarcity, lack of infrastructure
! Social Environment: inequalities in land distribution, conflict, dependence
! Policy Environment: lack of budget allocation to fight hunger, unstable food markets, political instability
Who is considered extremely poor?
People earning 1.25$ and lower
The name of the most successful social program in Brazil
Hunger Zero( 2004) from 11% of severely hunger people to 3%
What term was created first( food security or food insecurity)
Food security (1996) focuses on access, preferences Food insecurity ( 1990) availability and access, socially acceptable ways of getting food
Food sovereignty vs food security
! Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
! Food sovereignty means the primacy of people’s and community’s rights to food and food production, over trade concerns.
What does term utilization include?
•Utilization is not only food diversity, good care , but also the inter-household distribution of food
An African disease, women and children are usually exposed to them ( the name,the cause, the cure)
•Konzo (distinct neurological entity with selective upper motor neuron damage) - the result of the intoxicated body because of the way it is exposed to cyanide.
Product - Cassava .
If you eat meat, cyanide will not influence so much. That is why young men were not exposed to the toxicity.
What is the double-burden of food insecurity?
The co-existence of under-nutrition and obesity within the same household, community, or country.
Why is the right to adequate food a concern for ALL members of society? Name four reasons.
- Legal Obligations: many countries have ratified the ICESCR
- Economic Reasons: hunger, malnutrition, and poverty have economic and social costs
- Political Reasons: politicians who implement the right to food are more popular among voters
- Ethical Reasons: since we have knowledge and resources, it would be unethical not to act
Who is at the center of concern in the Right to Adequate Food Approach? Who is called for responsible action?
- Vulnerable groups are the center of concern.
* All members of society are responsible, including the private sector.
Solutions to chronic and transitory food insecurity
CFI( measures that address poverty- education)
TFI( planning and developing resilience)
What two factors determine the nutritional status of individuals?
- Sufficient energy and nutrient intake (good care and feeding practices, food preparation, etc.)
- Good biological utilization of food consumed
What are the four types of stability
SEEP( social, economic,environmental, political)
