What is the difference between hunger and food insecurity

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"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." is a saying that is thrown around a lot especially in regards to hunger and food insecurity. There are many different ideas and theories about how to combat this. Read the articles below and watch the videos listed at the bottom of this page to answer the 13 questions below :

What is the difference between Hunger and Food Insecurity.
What is a food desert? (google it and cite your definition).
What is the connection between poverty/food insecurity/food deserts and obesity in children and adults? How does poverty create obesity?

What are the differences between quick fixes (giving food or putting vitamins in processed food and handing it out it to those in disasters and/or famine) AND the development of sustainability (such as in the Borgen article and forest garden farming video)?
Do you think we should just rely on one of these practices or is there a need for both types of aid (from #4 above)?
What are some things that may get in the way of proper aid for hunger? Include Aid Programs like First Aid/Action Against Hunger/World Food Program , politics, war, food expiration rules and laws..... etc?
Have you had any experience with aid organizations, volunteering at food banks, food kitchens, homeless shelters etc.? If so, what did you think?
What are some ways that we can help with hunger in our own backyard (city/town) as well as across the globe?
From the RTS article how much food waste is there every year in the world/globally? How much food waste is there in the United States? What country has the most food waste?

Talk about the food waste in grocery stores, restaurants, farming and your own home? ( from the RTS article and footprint article and last article).
What do the articles (from below) state that food waste has an the environment (cite your articles)?

What are some simple steps you personally can take this month to decrease food waste?
What from this assignment did you learn that was the most impactful and/or eye opening to you?

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