Topic 1: Part D

Question 1

World population is over..

Answer 1

7.5 billion

Question 2

There is enough food produced in the world to feed everybody if it,,

Answer 2

could be distributed efficiently

Question 3

North american produces over ______ tons of grain/year

Answer 3

110,000,000

Question 4

1/3 of grain is fed to ..

Answer 4

livestock for human consummated

Question 5

1/3 of another part of grain is transformed into..

Answer 5

high fructose corn syrup

Question 6

20% of the worlds population lived in the ..

Answer 6

industrialized world and consumes 80% of the food produced in the world

Question 7

850,000,000 people in the world liver with..

Answer 7

hunger; especially in africa

Question 8

World wide one in every 5 people experiences..

Answer 8

chronic lack of food on daily basis

Question 9

Every 2 seconds on person..

Answer 9

dies in the world, because of starvation

Question 10

In many cases, those who are experiencing hunger live in countries that produce..

Answer 10

excess food, but do not have access

Question 11

Food security

Answer 11

access by all people at all times to nutritionally adequate, safe, personally acceptable food from normal food channels

Question 12

Food insecurity

Answer 12

limited or uncertain access to foods of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy and active live

Question 13

Risk factors for food insecurity

Answer 13

anything that limits resources available for food acquisition, such as an increase in non-food expenditures, under employment and poverty

Question 14

Malnutrition is the worlds #1 health problem defined as

Answer 14

The impairment of health resulting from a relative deficiency or excess of food energy and specific nutrients necessary for health such as iron, vitamin A and iodine

Question 15

4 pillars of food security

Answer 15

• availability
• access
• adequacy
• acceptability

Question 16

Availability

Answer 16

sufficient amount of at all times, and variety at a reasonable cost. affected by time of year/season, civil conflict/war, food preservation and supply

Question 17

Access

Answer 17

determined by entitlements (the bundle of resources needed to acquire food)

Question 18

Access is affected by..

Answer 18

• Market prices
• Employment/funds
• Production and marketing systems
• Gender and power relations within the household
• Education
• Transportation
• Water
• Sanitation

Question 19

Adequacy

Answer 19

provide nourishment. affected by control over resources, nutrient content of the food/quality

Question 20

Acceptability `

Answer 20

refers to food that is personally palatable, acquired by a socially acceptable means of obtaining food, and culturally appropriate

Question 21

Food poverty

Answer 21

hunger occurring when enough food exists in an area but some of the people cannot obtain it

Question 22

Food poverty can also be because..

Answer 22

• lack of money
• political reasons
• counties of war
• lack of transportation
• cannot afford

Question 23

To stretch little food supplies adults often..

Answer 23

• skip meals/cut portions
• may be forced to break social rules
• may rely on foods with low nutrient density but high calorie density, so calorie needs are meet and not nutritional needs

Question 24

About 1/3 of global food supply is ..

Answer 24

lost or wasted every year

Question 25

Analysis of food loss and waste in Canada and US shows that most of ..

Answer 25

the food loss and waste occurs in households/food retail and service sectors

Question 26

In Canada how much food was lost or wasted

Answer 26

6 billion kg of food at household and retail levels, representing 29.4% of food supply I’m 2010

Question 27

What percent of food purchased by the household is thrown away even though the products are still within the expiration date, some not even being opened

Answer 27

15%

Question 28

What percent of food in some fast food chains estimated to be thrown in the garbage

Answer 28

40%

Question 29

Whats the average amount of dollars an American family wastes annually on food thrown in the garbage

Answer 29

$590

Question 30

$43 billion estimated amount of dollars wasted nation wide in US by..

Answer 30

household food waste

Question 31

25% adverse environmental impacts, such as landfill use, soil depletion, application of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, could be reduced of..

Answer 31

national food waste was cut in half

Question 32

National food recovery

Answer 32

involved collection of wholesome food for distributed to low income people who are hungry

Question 33

4 common methods of food recovery are..

Answer 33

• field gleaning
• perishable food rescue/salvage
• prepared food rescue
• non perishable food collection

Question 34

Field gleaning

Answer 34

collecting crops from fields that either have already been harvested or are not profitable to harvest. *can be using food from supermarket that would’ve been thrown way

Question 35

Perishable food rescue or salvage

Answer 35

collecting perishable produce from wholesalers and markets

Question 36

Prepared food rescue

Answer 36

collecting prepared foods from commercial kitchens

Question 37

Non perishable food collection

Answer 37

collecting processed food from wholesalers and markets

Question 38

Local efforts

Answer 38

food recovery programs depend on volunteers, concerned citizens work through local agencies and churches to feed the hungry

Question 39

Community based food pantries provide..

Answer 39

groceries and soup kitchens serve prepared meals

Question 40

World hunger causes

Answer 40

• quantity, quality and availability of food (drought)
• discrimination factors affect distribution (government corruption)
• individual households access to available food (transportation)
• access to clean water and health services