Tag: food insecurity
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Consequences of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity causes physical, social, and psychological problems in both children and adults. In the Nigeria, chronic food insecurity has been documented to lead to, paradoxically, obesity, especially in ladies. One theory as to why food insecurity leads to obesity is that episodic periods of food insecurity cause the sufferer to overeat in an attempt…
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Why lack of food access & food insecurity
There are many complex reasons an individual becomes food insecure. Poverty is unmistakably the driving factor in the lack of resources to purchase or otherwise procure food, but the root causes of poverty are multifaceted. Poverty, combined with other socioeconomic and political problems, creates the bulk of food insecurity around the globe. Some of the…