Virtually every country in the world has the potential of growing sufficient food on a

sustainable basis. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations has set the minimum requirement for caloric intake per person per day at

2,350. Worldwide, there are 2,805 calories available per person per day. Fifty-four

countries fall below that requirement; they do not produce enough food to feed their populations, nor can they afford to import

the necessary commodities to make up the gap. Most of these countries are in sub-

Saharan Africa.

1984 Famine in EthiopiaEthiopia Today

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The Importance of Food• Food provides materials and nutrients for cell growth. It

provides us with the energy we need for growth, physical activity and the basic body functions (breathing, thinking, temperature control, blood circulation, digestion and helps resistance to disease).

• Food gives the body energy – Kilojoules (KJ) or Calories (Note: if all of the Calories that we eat are not burned up for energy use the body stores these calories as Fat).

– An average person needs about 2200 kcal per day.

– A Canadian gets on average 2900 KJ per day.

Food: Nutrients

• The types of nutrients in food are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. All foods contain one or more of these nutrients in varying amounts. Each type of nutrient serves particular functions. This is why diversity in our diets is important for good health.

• Although one may eat enough kilo-calories of food, one can still suffer from malnutrition, if there is a lack of essential nutrients.

• This can result in a variety of diseases.

CARBOHYDRATES

Chemical group including – sugar, starch, carbon and oxygen.

Wheat, rice, corn, potatoes

Easy to produce. Grains are the most important in the world.

Food: Nutrients

FATS

Tissue of animals

37.8 KJ of energy for every 1 gram of fat.

Most concentrated form of food energy.

Butter, lard, liver, eggs, vegetable oil, fruit.

Food: Nutrients

PROTEIN

Amino acids

Protein is needed to grow and repair tissue.

Meat, milk, egg, fish, cereals and Soya beans.

Protein is the most expensive and scarce of the three.

Food: Nutrients

Sudan Crisishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQfwyW9u18

Read Sudan Article

Create a list of reasons why hunger and malnutrition still exists.