1. Juli and Danielle

2. Nutrition Right amount of nutrients to allow the body to grow and stay healthy

3. Calories Needed calories for each person varies based on age, gender, and activity

4. Malnutrition Inadequate amount of nutrients to keep the body healthy Causes: poverty, lack of arable land, starvation, over- population, diet

5. Poverty Starvation Don`t have money, can`t buy food A country needs funds for farming and shipping food Underdeveloped countries Too impoverished to buy food Eating disorder Diet

6. Selected food crops: 1. Chinese-Japanese region bamboo, millet, mustard, orange, peach, rice, soybean, tea 2. Indochinese-Indonesian region bamboo, banana, coconut, grapefruit, mango, rice, sugar cane, yam 3. Australian region macadamia nut 4. Hindustani region banana, bean, chick-pea, citrus, cucumber, eggplant, mango, mustard, rice, sugar cane 5. Central Asian region apple, apricot, bean, carrot, grape, melon, onion, pea, pear, plum, rye, spinach, walnut, wheat 6. Near Eastern region almond, barley, fig, grape, lentil, melon, pea, pistachio, rye, wheat 7. Mediterranean region beetroot, cabbage, celery, fava bean, grape, lettuce, oats, olive, radish, wheat 8. African region coffee, millet, oil palm, okra, sorghum, teff, wheat, yam 9. European-Siberian region apple, cherry, chicory, hops, lettuce, pear 10. South American region cacao, cassava, groundout, lima bean, papaya, pineapple, potato, squash, sweet potato, tomato 11. Central American and Mexican region french bean, maize, pepper/chill), potato, squash 12. North American region blueberry, sunflower

7. No Food Diversity Wheat, rice, and maize make up 60% of world`s food energy intake Only 15 crops provide 90% of the world`s food intake Could we eat more of the plant we grow? Would this help hunger?

8. Arable Land Overpopulation People are taking up more space Salinization and poor irrigation Soil degradation Too many people in one area Consume more resources Reaching the carrying capacity

9. Under Nutrition Type of malnutrition Outcome of insufficient food intake and body`s inability to absorb nutrients consumed Infectious diseases and the causes of malnutrition

10. Works Cited http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cdp/cdp_pan- calorie.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cdp/cdp_pan- calorie.shtml http://studentaffairs.case.edu/health/medical/nutritio n.html http://studentaffairs.case.edu/health/medical/nutritio n.html http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/hu nger.html http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/hu nger.html http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2006n4/in dex_undernutrition.html http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2006n4/in dex_undernutrition.html http://www.fao.org/docrep/u8480e/U8480E07.htm