End World Hunger

Have you ever looked up the word hunger, to see what it actually means? It means the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food, craving appetite and exhausted condition caused by wanting food. In 2010 there were 925 million people in the world suffering from hunger.  The world as a whole produces enough food to feed everyone. The biggest problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or the income to purchase the food they require. Poverty is the principle cause of hunger. Due to the low income peoples lack of resources to obtain food.

It is factual that the economic and political systems in the world control the poverty and hunger of our world. They control the power behind the resources and income needed to adequately acquire food. Hunger also causes many health issues that leads people to lower poverty, malnutrition, low levels of energy, mental impairment, these all lead to an inability to work and function properly.

The change of our world’s climate is also affecting the ability for certain geographical locations to grow desired foods. This can include drought, floods, hard winters, all which change the soil and the length of time to grow produce. This leads to a lot of the malnutrition in the world, since these people can’t get the vitamins and minerals that are needed by our bodies to stay healthy.  Some of the most important vitamins need are:

Vitamin A: lack can cause night blindness and reduce the bodies ability to resist disease. It can also cause retardation in children.

Iron: the main cause of anemia in the world.

Iodine: jeopardizes children’s mental health, in pregnancy it can cause still births and congenital abnormalities.

In a world where there is enough food to supply everyone, there is NO good reason for there to be hunger anywhere in our world. It needs to be resolved NOW.