FOOD FOR ALL

• Plenty of food is produced all around the world; however there are many
people without adequate food.
• Each year, many people around the world die because of inadequate
food.
• When people do not get enough food they often experience starvation.
• Starvation is a form of malnutrition.
• It is a condition that occurs when a person does not get enough nutrients.
• The reasons for malnutrition are inadequate or
unbalanced diet, poor digestion or absorption, certain
medical conditions etc.
 FAMINE

• The climatic change plays a major role in the availability of food in

the planet.
• Famine is the acute scarcity of food, which can be caused due to
natural disasters.
 CAUSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FAMINE ARE
• 1. Drought

Drought occurs when the rainfall over a region reduces below a certain
level, as a result water bodies such as rivers or lakes dry up, and this leads
to severe reduction in the growth of the cultivated crops.
Due to limited crop cultivation, enough food materials cannot be produced,
which leads to famine.
 FLOOD

• Flood is an increase in the water level than normal level.

• It occurs when rainfall is too high so that the water bodies like
rivers, lakes start overflowing.
• Crops cannot grow when floods occur since they are washed
away by gushing waters.
• The loss of crop yield leads to famine.
 UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

• Food is produced in large amounts in many parts of the

world.
• However, access to food and inability to afford the costs of
production are the major problems faced by many
developing countries or underdeveloped countries.
 INCREASING POPULATION
• Leads to consumption of natural resources.
• Deforestation ( to build homes, industries, factories).
• Pollution increases due to emissions of toxic substances in land, air &
water.
• Reduced rainfall (due to deforestation)(hence results in drought).
• Due to global warming, heavy rainfall in certain regions and melting
of glaciers results in flooding.
• All these human activities leads to famine.
 Kwashiorkor

• Kwashiorkor is a form of severe protein malnutrition

characterized by edema, and an enlarged liver with
fatty infiltrates. Sufficient calorie intake, but with
insufficient protein consumption, distinguishes it from
marasmus. Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine
or poor food supply. Cases in the developed world are
rare.
 Marasmus

• Marasmus is a form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy

deficiency. It can occur in anyone with severe malnutrition but usually occurs
in children.[1] A child with marasmus looks emaciated. Body weight is
reduced to less than 62% of the normal (expected) body weight for the
age.[2] marasmus occurrence increases prior to age 1,
whereas kwashiorkor occurrence increases after 18 months. It can be
distinguished from kwashiorkor in that kwashiorkor is protein deficiency with
adequate energy intake whereas marasmus is inadequate energy intake in
all forms, including protein.