Chapter 12 Food Production

An urban area where people have little or no easy access to nutritious food without traveling long distances is called a(n) ____.

• rural food oasis

• urban food oasis

• food island

• food desert

• food bank

A severe shortage of food leading to mass starvation, many deaths, economic chaos, and social disruption, is called ____.

• chronic undernutrition

• famine

• hunger

• chronic malnutrition

• food security

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Each year, at least 250,000 children under six years of age go blind from lack of ____.

• iron

• calcium

• vitamin A

• vitamin B

• vitamin C

Anemia may be the result of a deficiency in ____.

• cobalt

• iodine

• iron

• calcium

• phosphorus

Approximately 26 million children each year suffer irreversible brain damage from lack of ____.

• cobalt

• iodine

• iron

• calcium

• phosphorus

The term overnutrition refers to ____.

• obtaining too few calories per day

• when energy use is less than energy intake

• eating unbalanced meals

• eating poor quality foods

• eating too much protein

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Overnutrition and undernutrition are both key factors in which of the following health problems?

• higher rates of anemia

• higher rates of goiters

• higher rates of Type 2 diabetes

• lower life expectancy

• chronic lack of iodine

The root cause of food insecurity is ____.

• war

• political upheaval

• poverty

• corruption

• climate change

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The term undernutrition refers to people who consume ____.

• less than the basic number of daily calories

• unbalanced meals

• the wrong kinds of food

• poor quality foods

• too much protein

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Many of the world’s poor only have access to a low-protein, high-carbohydrate, vegetarian diet and suffer from ____.

• chronic undernutrition

• famine

• hunger

• chronic malnutrition

• food security

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