Week 7 - Food Security & Global Issues in Health & Nutrition Flashcards
Factors Driving the Increase In Global Food Insecurity
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Increase in demand from population growth
Free trade agreements
Food competition
Increasing oil prices (Peak Oil)
Environmental degradation
Nutrition transition to highly refined foods
Climatic events (eg drought)
Bio-technology (Genetically Modified Food)
population prediction by end of 21st century
10bil
Explain the Free Trade Agreements and Trade Imbalances
An agreement made with a group of countries to
eliminate tariffs, quotas and preferences on most (if not
all) goods and services traded between them
What are tariffs
(a fee) are usually imposed on imported goods
to provide domestic produce with a competitive edge
what is a quota
A quota is a physical limit on the quantity of a good that
can be imported into a country in a given period of time.
Food aid is driven by what
surplus production of grain from developed countries
explain the Increasing oil prices epidemic/what occurs
Higher energy prices pushing up the cost of processing, fuel, fertilizers and pesticides
consequence of environmental degradation
Environmental degradation, as a result of agriculture and animal husbandry, may slow down growth in food production
explain the nutrition transition
The result of a series of changes in diet, physical activity, health and nutrition, collectively known as the ‘nutrition transition.’
What is a communicable disease?
a disease that can be communicated from one person to another – HIV/AIDS
What is a non-communicable disease
chronic conditions or illness that does not result from an acute infection
May develop over long periods without causing symptoms
eg diabetes, cancer
what is the leading cause of death in developing countries?
Communicable diseases
what is the leading cause of death in adults globally?
non-communicable diseases
The Major Nutrition Problems contributing To
Disease Worldwide
obesity, nutrition related chronic diseases
What is the double burden of disease
Refers to the dual burden of under and over nutrition
occurring simultaneously within a population
What are the possible solutions for these global issues
improve food production, decrease poverty , reduce food waste, develop technology to preserve resources
Who are the Key International Stakeholders and their
Policy Interests
Food and Agricultural Organisation
(FAO)
World Trade Organisation
Codex Alimentarius Commission
World Health Organisation (WHO)
World Food Programme
Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
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Create sustainable improvements in nutrition, especially among nutritionally vulnerable households and population groups
Raise awareness of the benefits of combating
hunger and reducing malnutrition
What is the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health (DPAS)
Prevention-based strategy aimed to guide countries to reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases across populations
Purpose of Codex Alimentarius Commission
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Purpose is to:
– Protect health of the consumers (public health)
– Ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade
– Promote coordination of all food standards work
undertaken by international govern
United Nations World Food Programme
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Food aid arm of the UN
Provides the logistics support necessary to get food
aid to the right people at the right time and in the
right place.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Oversees and administers the trade pact
between more than 100 nations who promise
to observe tariff levels
