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Food is a human’s right and it is necessary for human, and actually every living thing on this planet, to survive. So for us human, food must be available, affordable and prepared.

Throughout the book “Stuffed and Starved”, Raj Patel, the author, makes connections between the current state of the world food system, and the Malthusian and Rhodes dilemmas, the first, proposing that the world population is growing exponentially, but the resources to feed this growing population are finite, whereas the second suggests that hunger leads to unrest, hence as long as people are kept fed, they won't revolt. Patel sections the system and points out to the defects at all levels—starting from the fundamental unit—the seed, going broader touching upon redistributors, consumers, corporations, and, above all, governments and policies. The five major areas Patel criticizes I would like to emphasize are: prevalent selection of desirable

In her book, Schwartz-Nobel effectively uses logos, ethos, pathos and kiaros to convey her message of hunger and compel the audience to take action against this huge hunger epidemic that she claims is facing America today. Schwartz-Noble manages to successfully deliver this message by brilliantly using all four of these rhetorical appeals.

The second part of Megan Carney (2015) focused on the various different food assistance programs and solutions for food insecurity. Across the country there are countless of organizations and programs that aim at assisting and improving food insecurity among marginalized communities. The truth of the matter is, that there are structural issues in the government that prevent individuals from making enough to support themselves and their families. It is hard to comprehend how the United States disagrees in recognizing food and its access to food as an inalienable human rights (Carney 2015). No one should be denied access to nutritious food.

both argue that food issues should be addressed by public policy. To combat hunger, malnutrition, and growth deficiencies in children, Frank argues that public policy relating to food has to be changed. Poor families should be supplemented with federal grants such as WIC vouchers to care for their young ones. Robertson et al. take a slightly different approach in their article “Food is a Political Issue” by not only holding the government accountable for reducing issues associated with food, but also the food producers and suppliers. Who should decrease the health disparities and care for the disadvantaged members of society? Robertson et al. advocate that although health disparities caused by food have to be primarily tackled through government policies, the health disparities are everyone’s problem and have to be addressed by everyone— from government officials, to religious groups, to the farmers and food suppliers

Nutrition is important for healthy life. Many people are still hungry around the world even though there is mass production of food. This is because of unhealthy food production. In today’s world we see many obese people because of high intake of high fat and cholesterol containing food. It is important to have a healthy diet/ nutritional intake for individuals to have good foundation for physical and mental health. Now a day’s healthy food is getting more expensive rather than unhealthy food. Poor people are forced to eat unhealthy food, while the rich can afford to eat whatever the please. Food insecurity is caused by individuals not having healthy food for their families due to their low income or political and

He brings up a multitude of disputes between poverty, hunger, and even the discrepancy within our fast food nation. Though the topics may be bold, the purpose of it all requires all to listen given the importance dawning on the simplistic idea of how anyone can end up in the exact category of in need (Berg 45). Nonetheless, much more can be expanded upon.

However, there is a presently marked difference between the right to be free from hunger and the right to food. Where the right to be free from hunger recognizes an arbitrary quantity of food required for survival, the right to food must conceptualize the humanity in its populace. There has to be a careful consideration for the people who the law affects, "people in statistical or abstract and idealized economic systems need only ingest sufficient calories, proteins, vitamins, etc. They just need a certain 'intake' of food. But for real human beings the quality of the access to food is what always counts" (Künnermann and Epa-Ratjen 3). Food quality and cultural suitability for its consumer is significant, in addition to a right to food, people also have a right to dignity. To deny one's dignity is to deny their citizenship to the state, as well as their humanity. Consciously thinking about hungry peoples' personhood is multifaceted, it is not just about considering their calorie intake, but recognizing both the nutritional and cultural aspects of eating. Moreover, a person's right to food should not negate any of their other rights, including the right to religious freedom. Hungry individuals should not have to compromise their convictions to eat. While

In the past ten years the world population exceeded six billion people with most of the growth occurring in the poorest, least developed countries in the world. The rapidly increasing population and the quickly declining amount of land are relative and the rate at which hunger is increasing rises with each passing year. We cannot afford to continue to expand our world population at such an alarming rate, for already we are suffering the consequences. Hunger has been a problem for our world for thousands of years. But now that we have the technology and knowledge to stamp it out, time is running short.

Food security is historically defined as the overall regional, national as well as global food supply and shortfalls in supply as associated to requirements (Foster, 1992). The same author contended that, even though, the increased observation of differences in the sufficiency of food intake by certain groups despite overall adequacy of supply, the term has been applied recently at a local, household, or individual level and it has been widened beyond notions of food supply to include elements of access (Sen, 1981), vulnerability (Watts and Bohle, 1993), and sustainability (Chambers, 1989). Different organizations, scholars and institutions define food security differently. However, basic concept remains the same.

Access to healthy food is both a human right and an important determinant of health (Foley et al 2009, p 216.). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines food security as “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” coming under “Three Pillars” comprising of food availability, food access and food use (WHO, 2015)

Imagine a banana that receives immunizations for hepatitis B, a potato that provides an excellent French fries too eat, luscious strawberries or such an excess of food that universe hunger statistics drastically reduce. Many people are grieving from malnutrition, and they do not devour the essential vitamins to exist a wholesome lifestyle? In September a year of 2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations state that

Food Insecurity is defined as access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life, and at a minimum includes the following: the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods and the assured ability to acquire personally acceptable foods in a socially acceptable way, qualified by their involuntariness and periodicity. Even though food insecurity affects everyone in the household, it may also affect them differently. Food insecurity mostly exists whenever food security is limited. Uncertain or limited availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods results chronic diseases psychological, and suicidal syndrome (Cook & Frank, 2008)

The food supply should, at least, cover the nutritional needs that provide most of the essential nutrients. In terms of quantity and quality, having access to adequate food is extremely fundamental in the rights to adequate food. This is clearly defined with the lack of nutrients, protein, and calories leading to hunger and malnutrition. This is a consequence of food deprivation. Lack of both quantity and quality of food is a result of poverty within certain parts of the world. According to Yolanda Williams, “Absolute poverty refers to a condition where a person does not have the minimum amount of income needed to meet the minimum requirements for one or more basic living needs over an extended period of time.” The necessities involved with absolute poverty, but not limited to, are food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, and health. Adequate food is also a fundamental right with the standard right to adequate living. “An adequate standard of living is either a result of a transfer or seen as something earned in return for eco­nomic activities, like wage labor, self-employment, providing goods, services or means of production” (The Right to Adequate Food ). In many circumstances, lecturing the right to have food means that we (and our government) would need to address whether or not families can afford to feed themselves. This is ensured by the family or even a

Food security is considered as a basic human right, essential for life. It exists when all people, at all