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    This document discusses various food problems around the world such as malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and food waste. It provides examples of specific issues in different countries, such as high adult and child obesity rates in Spain, warnings of imminent famine in Niger, rapidly expanding hunger in Colombia affecting almost half the population, and a study showing that 40-50% of harvested food in the US is never eaten and becomes waste. The key global issues covered are malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and the amount of food that goes uneaten or is wasted worldwide.

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    This document discusses various food problems around the world such as malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and food waste. It provides examples of specific issues in different countries, such as high adult and child obesity rates in Spain, warnings of imminent famine in Niger, rapidly expanding hunger in Colombia affecting almost half the population, and a study showing that 40-50% of harvested food in the US is never eaten and becomes waste. The key global issues covered are malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and the amount of food that goes uneaten or is wasted worldwide.

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    Diapositivas Food Problems

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    This document discusses various food problems around the world such as malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and food waste. It provides examples of specific issues in different countries, such as high adult and child obesity rates in Spain, warnings of imminent famine in Niger, rapidly expanding hunger in Colombia affecting almost half the population, and a study showing that 40-50% of harvested food in the US is never eaten and becomes waste. The key global issues covered are malnutrition, starvation, obesity, and the amount of food that goes uneaten or is wasted worldwide.

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    FOOD PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD

    MALNUTRITION

    Malnutrition
    Physical weakness and bad health caused by having too little food, or too little of the types of food necessary for good health.

    STARVATION

    STARVATION
    The state of having no food for a long period, often causing death.

    OBESITY

    OBESITY
    Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.

    FOOD WASTE
    Food waste or food loss is food material that is discarded or unable to be used.

    FOOD PROBLE MS IN SOME COUNTRI ES

    SPAIN
    1. Adult obesity rates in Spain are higher than the OECD average, and child rates are amongst the highest in the OECD. Two out of 3 men are overweight and 1 in 6 people are obese in Spain. One in 3 children aged 13 to 14 are overweight.

    NIGER
    Aid agencies have warned that the West African country of Niger will fall into famine unless the world takes immediate action.

    COLOMB IA
    Hunger in Colombia is expanding faster than in the poorest parts of Africa, United Nations statistics show. Almost half of the Colombian population is suffering some degree of hunger.

    USA
    Food waste: A 2004
    study showed that forty to fifty per cent of all food ready for harvest in the United States never gets eaten.

    CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

    ITS TIME TO ACT!

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