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12/17/13 “My Life Expectancy” Based on the quiz you took, what is your life expectancy?

12/17/13 “My Life Expectancy” Based on the quiz you took, what is your life expectancy? Is there anything you are willing to change about your lifestyle to increase you life expectancy? If so, what? If not, why not? On desk : My Life Expectancy wksht . 12/17/13 Econ. Agenda

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12/17/13 “My Life Expectancy” Based on the quiz you took, what is your life expectancy?

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  1. 12/17/13 “My Life Expectancy” Based on the quiz you took, what is your life expectancy? Is there anything you are willing to change about your lifestyle to increase you life expectancy? If so, what? If not, why not? On desk: My Life Expectancy wksht.

  2. 12/17/13 Econ. Agenda What is food security? (class notes) What are the food security issues in my countries? (online research) HW: Food Security issues worksheet

  3. 12/17/13 • Class Notes – Food Security • Food security: • Exists when you have access to enough safe&nutritiousfood to maintain a healthy and active life. • Hunger: • A feeling; body’s way of signaling that it is running short of food • Undernourishment: • A state of not eating enoughfood to sustain daily activities & normal bodily functions. • Malnutrition: • A state of not eating foods with enough nutritional value to sustain daily activities & normal bodily functions.

  4. Hungry, Malnourished, or Under-Nourished? • Jeffrey only has $3 per day to spend on food, but he buys only iced coffee for every meal. He is consistently sick and tired. • MALNOURISHED!

  5. Hungry, Malnourished, or Under-Nourished? • Alex works hard in the fields all day, but is exhausted at the end of the day because he’s only eaten the one piece of broccoli that he could afford. • UNDER-NOURISHED!

  6. Hungry, Malnourished, or Under-Nourished? • Nathan’s stomach is growling because he didn’t eat enough breakfast. • HUNGRY!

  7. 12/17/13 • Class Notes – Food Security • Is there enough food to feed 7 billion people? • 842 million people are food-insecure • (Down by 156 million since 1990!) • 1 out of 6 children in developing countries are underweight (100 million children total) • 1 out of 4 children in world are stunted (shortness-for-age) • 20 countries have 80% of stunted children in the world • (FAO, IFAD and WFP. 2013. The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013. The multiple dimensions of food security. Rome, FAO.)

  8. United Nations’ World Food Programme Hunger Map, 2013 http://www.wfp.org/hunger/downloadmap

  9. 12/17/13 • Class Notes – Food Security • By 2050, estimated 2 billion more people on Earth! • Problems to solve: • End hunger (now) • Double food production (for the future) • Reduce environmental damage (over-farming) • Organization working • to end hunger  • To do: • Use www.wfp.org to: • Find food security statistics • for your 2 countries of interest!

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