What is Food Insecurity?
Not having reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food.
Options
a) food insecurity
b) lack of food
c) food scarcity
d) low percentile food supply
food insecurity
About this percentage of U.S. households experience food insecurity.
a)86-89%
b)47-50%
c)21-24%
d)10–13%
10–13%
About this many people worldwide experience hunger.
a) 1 billion
b) 700 million
c) 90 million
d) 1 million
700 million
Losing a job can quickly lead to this problem.
a) food insecurity
b) starvation nation
c) distress
d) poverty
food insecurity
A common way schools collect food for local pantries.
a) food drive
b) fundraiser
c) volunteer advertisement
d) creating flyers to raise awareness
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Hunger that lasts for long periods rather than short emergencies.
a) chronic hunger
b) man I feel starving syndrome
c) hunger exhaustion
d) lengthy hungriness
chronic hunger
About this many people in the United States face food insecurity each year.
a) over 60 million
b) over 30 million
c) over 10 million
d) under 10 million
over 30 million
The region with the highest rates of food insecurity.
a) United States
b) Southeast Asia
c) sub-Saharan Africa
d) Northern Africa
sub-Saharan Africa
Rising prices for groceries are known as this.
a) food inflation
b) government up-marking
c) inflative prices
d) expansive inflation
food inflation
Helping sort and distribute food at a food bank is this.
a) sabotaging or stealing food
b) actively volunteering and engaging
c) asking to do your preferred tasks
d) chilling on your phone until someone needs you
actively volunteering and engaging
A lack of essential nutrients needed for health and development.
a) inanition
b) famine
c) undernourishment
d) malnutrition
malnutrition
This group is at higher risk of food insecurity in the U.S.
a) families
b) teachers
c) mothers and fathers
d) children
children
The United Nations agency that tracks global hunger data.
a) United Nation Department of Hunger (UNDH)
b) Agricultural Damage Control Center (ADCC)
c) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
d) Let's Feed the Hungry (LFH)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Limited access to transportation can restrict access to this.
a) food mountains
b) hubs of food
c) grocery stores
d) water parks
grocery stores
This reduces hunger by preventing edible food from being thrown away.
a) compost
b) leaving in your mouth to save for later
c) giving the food to your pets
d) food rescue
food rescue
When people have consistent access to enough safe and nutritious food.
a) food security
b) available delicacies
c) global adequate nutrition
d) consistent food supply
food security
This global crisis worsened hunger by disrupting jobs and food systems.
a) trade deficit crisis
b) alien invasion
c) pneumonia outbreak (2012)
d) COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic
Conflicts and wars disrupt this system that delivers food.
a) food systems
b) food supply chain
c) chronological food network
d) food lineups
food supply chain
Programs that provide meals directly to kids during the school year.
a) school meal programs
b) lunchtime
c) sharing snacks
b) the National Society of Food diet plan
school meal programs
Areas where affordable, healthy food is hard to find nearby.
food deserts
What is an organization that aims to combat food insecurity
Food Bank of the Rockies!
This environmental issue affects crops through droughts and floods.
climate change
Health problems linked to poor nutrition and hunger.
chronic diseases
Answer Either or both (same points).
What is the UN goal focused on ending hunger.
If you don't know what it was called when is the goal supposed to be met worldwide?
Zero Hunger by 2030.