Food resources
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe global patterns of food security and explain factors that affect food security.
Key learning points
- Roughly one-third of all food produced globally is wasted every year, even as nearly 800 million people go hungry.
- Generally people in countries with a higher GDP per capita buy more food.
- Food security is the ability of people to access sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.
- Poverty, conflict, natural disasters and soil quality affect food security.
- Undernourishment occurs when someone isn’t receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well.
Keywords
GDP/capita - the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country (its Gross Domestic Product) in a year, divided by the population
Undernourished - occurs when someone isn’t receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well
Food security - the ability of people to access sufficient, safe, and nutritious food
Common misconception
It is not possible to be overweight and undernourished at the same time.
Undernourishment occurs when someone isn’t receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well. So it is possible to over eat but not eat enough of the right foods to acquire sufficient nutrients.
Teacher tip
A homework challenge could be to come up with a solution to the problem of foodwaste and/or food insecurity.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keyword to its definition:
Cannot be replaced once used
Can be replaced naturally in a short time
Something useful we get from Earth
Q2.Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Q3.What is a non-renewable resource used for energy?
Q4.Which of these is a human need that relies on natural resources?
Q5.Which resource is used to produce most of the world’s electricity?
Q6.What is the main problem with using non-renewable resources?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the keyword to its definition:
When someone doesn’t get enough nutrients
Total value of goods and services ÷ population
Access to enough safe, nutritious food
Q2.Which of the following might lead to someone being undernourished?
Q3.Which region is more likely to have low food security?
Q4.Why might someone be overweight but still undernourished?
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