What is hunger?

When we talk of how many people go to bed hungry, what exactly do we mean? According to the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises [1], 180m people across 40 countries face food insecurity, which will ultimately be associated with malnutrition, hunger, and famine. The type of malnutrition referred to her...

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Veröffentlicht in:African journal of food, agriculture, nutrition, and development : AJFAND agriculture, nutrition, and development : AJFAND, 2022-10, Vol.22 (7), p.1-1
1. Verfasser: Oniang'o, Ruth Khasaya
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:When we talk of how many people go to bed hungry, what exactly do we mean? According to the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises [1], 180m people across 40 countries face food insecurity, which will ultimately be associated with malnutrition, hunger, and famine. The type of malnutrition referred to here is that where the body does not get enough energy or nutrients to sustain it. There are cases where over-nutrition manifests in overweight and obesity.
ISSN:1684-5374
1684-5358
1684-5374
DOI:10.18697/ajfand.112.ED118