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What is hunger?

What really is hunger?  According ro the Oxford Englsih Dictionary, hunger has three meanings.
1. The uneasy painful sensation caused by want of food; craving apetite.  Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food.
2.The want or scarcity of food in a country.
3. A strong desire or craving.
So, according to this, each one of us has experienced hunger.  Malnutrition, however, is a better definition of world hunger.  Malnutrition is a very general term that indicates a lack of the appropriate sustinence a person needs.

Introduction

Hello!  I am going to be researching and posting about world hunger.  As you know, this is a huge issue in today's society, and I want to learn and help you to learn about it.  I know little to nothing on the topic, and so, as I read and discover more about the problem, I am going to share it with you through this blog.

To start, I would like to know what you know about world hunger.  What is the first thought that comes to mind when someone mentions hunger?  Do you think you think that hunger is something that only happens in 3rd world countries?  Here are some statistics:

• 925 million people so not have enough to eat.
• 2/3 of the world's hungry live in 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

I hope that you will enjoy learning about world hunger along with me, and will find a lot of interesting information along the way.  Thanks for reading!

If you would like some more basic information on hunger, feel free to visit the FAO  or The Hunger Project websites!