Famine
Definition
The conditions when at least 20 per cent of households in an area face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent; and the death rate exceeds two persons per day per 10,000 persons. (From news.un.org/en/story/2011/07/382342-when-food-security-crisis-becomes-famine)
MeSH classification
- J01.576.423.750.500
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Access to Healthy Foods
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Food Deserts
Areas characterized by relatively poor access to healthy and affordable food.
Food Insecurity
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Food Markets
Retail markets that sell food, especially fresh produce, meat, and seafood.
Food Security
Access generally by all in a community to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life. (from http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsec/ accessed 4…
Food Supply
The production and movement of food items from point of origin to use or consumption.
Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D000079685) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗