b'HEALTHThe Struggle Against World Hunger"Andletusnotbewearyinwell- food.Thethresholdforfoodunder- severe lack of food. Believe me, it is doing: for in due season we shall reap,nourishment is fewer than 1800 calo- somethingthatwillleaveyouwith if we faint not." riesdailyforanadultsizedperson.indeliblememoriesthatwillnever I have lived and tried to help peoplefade away!sufferingthroughafamineperson- So if it is true that we have in fact, By Byron E. Conner, M.D. ally in a foreign country so I am wellasnotedthepotentialtoproduce acquainted with hunger. I also knowmorethanenoughfoodtofeedtheGalatians 6:9whenpeoplehavefoodsecurityandglobalpopulation,whydowehave whenpeoplehaveenoughsafeand hunger,faminesandfooddepriva-I nourworldtoday,wehavethenutritious food they are more likely totion?potentialtoproducemorethanmaintain an active healthy life.enough food to feed the global popu- According to the UN Hunger Report,Let me point out some reasons:lation. However we are not doing this.hungeristhetermusedtodefinePOVERTY:More than 820 million people go hun- whenpopulationsareexperiencing gryeachyearaccordingtoarecentfoodinsecurityandthismeansthatHunger is strongly connected with reckoning.Wecanestimatethatthey might go for entire days withoutpoverty. People living in poverty face world hunger is on the rise. We caneating due to lack of money or lack ofpoorfoodsupply,insecurehousing, also ask ourselves as to why this situ- access to food. It is a distressing thingliveinunsafeenvironments,have ationexists.Hungeristhedistressto see people who are experiencing alowaccesstoqualitywater,sanita-which can be associated with lack oftion, hygiene, poor access to profes-sional health care, disease outbreaks education and all of these things are linked to poverty. Dr. Conner ARMED CONFLICT: According to the UN Hunger Report,Find a place where there is warfaredevastation and harm that a drought, or flood can produce and the impact between groups of people and you will on food supply and production.hunger is the term used to define whenfind hunger and malnutrition. ArmedIhaveseentheimpactthatallof conflictsseemtobeaneverending populations are experiencing foodthinginmanyplacesintheworldthese things can produce in the area today and this includes are own coun- of hunger and just the basic quality of insecurity and this means that they mighttry. It seems that hunger and violencelife. I have lived in a distantcountry arenotahealthycombinationandin the midst of famine.go for entire days without eating due towhere you find one, you will find theOnethingwecandoistoassist other.lack of money or lack of access to food. WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS: peoplewithhumanitarianeffortsto try to provide the things they lack, if This may be associated with climatepossible. I think this is God\'s will to change and this may affect food sup- help relieve the suffering of those in ply. Just imagine for an example theneed.6 DECEMBER 2019 BOCNEWS.com'