Vegetarianism and World Hunger

Megan Bullis

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•Products of animal origin are a source of:

–Vitamins : B12, B6, D

–Protein

–Selenium

–Iron

–Zinc

–Riboflavin

–Niacin

Nutrition

American Society for Nutrition

Nutrition• People who should especially eat meat:

– Children under five– Teenagers– Elderly people– Women throughout their reproductive years

American Society for Nutrition

Low income families eat very

little meat

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What is the result of a diet low in meat products?

Deficiency Diseases

Diseases

-Protein & calorie deficiency

-severely malnourished 3rd world children

-Thinning hair, edema, inadequate growth, and weight loss

Kwashiorkor

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Protein and Calorie

Deficiency

Diseases

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Diseases

Osteomalacia-Vitamin D deficiency-Softening of bones, fractures, misshapen limbs in adults

Rickets-Softening of bones, fractures, misshapen limbs in children

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

References

• American Society for Nutrition http://www.nutrition.org/

• CDC http://www.cdc.gov/

• ISU, Dr. Howard Tyler, Animal Nutrition

• USDA, Food and Nutrition http://www.ers.usda.gov