What is the cause of global food insecurity?


Diminished local, not world, food supply; could be a result of a number of circumstances such as crop failures, political unrest, lack of land, urbanization, population growth, gender inequalitites, access to water, and/or natural disaster.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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You pass a bakery and smell the freshly baked bread cooling. This stimulates your ________, or psychological desire for food

A. peristalsis B. thirst C. hunger D. appetite

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It is easy for athletes who train in the heat to dehydrate because the rate of water absorption from the stomach and intestine is usually slower than the rate of loss from sweat

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Hydroxyapatite is a crystallized calcium phosphate salt that gives bones their stiffness.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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