Defining Food Security/Insecurity

Being food secure implies what

• Food is available

• There is access to food

• Proper utilization of food

• Stable/Sustained

2 general levels of food security

Food secure vs Food insecure

• food secure means household diets are healthy/productive

• Food insecure means there are problematic access to food

2 levels of food secure

High food secure: no issues

Marginal food secure: Anxiety over sufficient access or shortages - diets suffient for health/productivity

2 levels of food insecure

Low food security: multiple issues with access and diet quality. Belly is full though

Very low food security: significantly disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake. Starvation

Food securtiy vs hunger

Food security: designations are concerned with quality and availability of food

Huger: is the physiological response of an individual expierncing a lack of nurtrient intake

Food insecure definitions

A lack of consistenly availibe food of good quality and quanitity to provide a healthy and produce level of nutrition

Factors that drives food insecurity

• climate change

• economics

• conflict

• distrubtion

Important statistics

• we are not on track to meet zero hunger goal of UN by 2030

• 8-10% of world population went hungry in 2022