Lack of energy results in
the body and mind slowing down, resulting in a hungry child experiencing Lack of
energy to do things, play and learn Apathy whereby the child is less interested
in the world around heiress resistance to disease as their immune system
weakens Acute or chronic hunger can lead to malnutrition. Malnutrition means
‘badly nourished’ and is as much about what you eat as how much. Malnutrition
is characterized by inadequate intake of protein, energy and/or micro nutrients
and by frequent infection and disease. To learn more about different forms of
malnutrition see the ‘What is Malnutrition’ fact sheet. Food Security is when
everyone has at all times access to and control over adequate quantities of
good quality food for an active healthy life. Humanizing food security for
chronically hungry people overseas is central to a number of Concern’s food
related programmers overseas. Where are the Hungry? As you can see from the
World Hunger Map hunger exists all over the world. However the majority of
undernourished people lives in the developing world and earns less than $1 a
day. Over 314 million of the world’s hungry live in South Asia this is more
than the people of Australia and the USA. Sub-Saharan Africa also has a huge
number of hungry people, with over 30% of the populace being undernourished.
The majority of hungry people in these countries are children under the age of
5. What causes Hunger?
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