Unit 33 Flashcards
Global Nutrition
1
Q
If 100 people represented the world…
A
60 asia
14 africa
12 europ
8 latin america and caribbean
5 north america
1 australia and new zealand
1 person would have a college education
80 would live in poor housing
50 would be malnourished
2
Q
State of health in the world: what is monitored?
A
- number of low birth infants
- prevalence of child underweight
- rates of breast feeding
- access to safe drinking water
3
Q
Who monitors health and nutrtional status of developing countries?
A
WHO
UNICEF
FAO
4
Q
Why do starvation and malnutrition happen?
A
- poverty
- poor and corrupt government
- inequitable distribution of food supply
- low levels od education
- discrimination against females
- HIV/AIDS epidemic
- lack of economi oppurtunites
- racism, ethnocentrism
- low agricultural productivity
- unsafe water
