Essay On Hunger And Hunger

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There has been an increase in the hunger and starvation rates all over the world. It is documented that nearly one billion people suffer from hunger and related illnesses each and every day (Eggebeen & Lichter, 12). In the United States of America, many people have been known to suffer from hunger. The most people who suffer from starvation and hunger are the low class and some middle class income earners. This has caused so many deaths, and it has been one of the factors that has caused so many deaths and increased mortality rates in the United States. According to research conducted by the household food security in the United States, they found out that approximately fifteen percent of all the households in America suffered from moderate …show more content…

United States of America produces far more food than they could possibly manage to consume while they import the surplus. The question is how comes that some people lack this food that is claimed to be in surplus and go as far as the extent of dying? Scientists and researchers have come up with possible causes of what might have led to the rapid rates of death as a result of starvation. Some of the well-known factors that cause hunger in the United States of America as well as other continents such as Africa include poverty, AIDS, lack of infrastructure, ignorance, lack of clout, conflicts and war, environmental overload and also discrimination. For this essay, we will look at the various economic and political factors that cause the high rise on hunger and starvation in …show more content…

There have been major discoveries that have led to better and improved health care services. For example, computerization has helped in many parts of the medicine field such as better treatment of cancer and the likes. The life expectancy rose to 78.7 in 2013 which was a record number since colonial period (Howe, 1990). There has also been the invention of great and scientific medicines that have ensured that the life of a person can be prolonged. For instance, Anti-rectal Viral drugs (ARV’s) are known to help a person fight the HIV and AIDS viruses in the body and therefore prolonging the life expectancy by several years. The government also sets aside millions of shillings that are supposed to be used by research and development institutions to come up with findings on current issues in the health sector. With all these medical efforts, they lead to reduced mortality rates in general. Some families that live below the poverty line, as seen in the video, will then be forced to choose between medical care and other basic needs. The little funds that they are left with is supposed to take care of the family members of which is little to sustain all of them and therefore leading to some cases of hunger and starvation. The age-adjusted death rate for the United States decreased 1.1% from 2011 to 2012 to a record low of 732.8 per

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