Solving world hunger through microbusinesses, policies and community health workers The World Hunger Education Service (2011) describes world hunger as the lack or scarcity of food or nutrients in a country. World hunger is an insidious issue that impedes the progress of millions of people around the world. World hunger is not just a physical need, but also has emotional and ethical implications. Living in “obesogenic” America, where supermarkets display hundreds of thousands of food products and obesity affects more than 30.6% of all Americans (Nation Masters, 2011), it is unimaginable to admit that world hunger still exists . As a US dietitian who works with many morbidly obese patients and others with obesity-related diseases, it is unthinkable that it could be okay for people to starve in a world full of food. Food is the sustenance of life, without which people die. . Equity requires that food be equally distributed and provided fairly to all human beings. The writer has reflected on the issue of world hunger and the possible ethical implications and has decided to act by developing this proposal to end world hunger. This proposal involves a main intervention with three levels or tiers. As part of this proposal, the writer will discuss why world hunger is an ethical issue, examine its impact on the global community, describe the positive changes that could occur if this proposal were implemented, identify the fiscal and human resources needed to implement this change. , describe global stakeholders and discuss why solving world hunger has any consequences for the functioning of the world. However, before discussing world hunger and its ethical implications, it seems appropriate to provide a brief introduction on ethics in general and glo...... half of the document ......eau. The world population clock. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.htmlUtah Microenterprise Loan Fund (2010). What is microenterprise? Retrieved from http://www.umlf.com/whatis/Vaitla B, Devereux S, Swan SH (2009) Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions. PLoS Med 6(6): e1000101. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000101http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696035/pdf/pmed.1000101.pdfWahlqvist, M. L. (2009). Why Food in Health Security (FIHS)? Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965335World Health Organization (2010). Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_1_EN.pdfWorld Hunger Education Services (2011). Facts and statistics on world hunger and poverty in 2011. Retrieved from http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.ht

Topic > Solving world hunger through microbusinesses, policies and community health workers The World Hunger Education Service (2011) describes world hunger as the lack or scarcity of food or nutrients in a country. World hunger is an insidious issue that impedes the progress of millions of people around the world. World hunger is not just a physical need, but also has emotional and ethical implications. Living in “obesogenic” America, where supermarkets display hundreds of thousands of food products and obesity affects more than 30.6% of all Americans (Nation Masters, 2011), it is unimaginable to admit that world hunger still exists . As a US dietitian who works with many morbidly obese patients and others with obesity-related diseases, it is unthinkable that it could be okay for people to starve in a world full of food. Food is the sustenance of life, without which people die. . Equity requires that food be equally distributed and provided fairly to all human beings. The writer has reflected on the issue of world hunger and the possible ethical implications and has decided to act by developing this proposal to end world hunger. This proposal involves a main intervention with three levels or tiers. As part of this proposal, the writer will discuss why world hunger is an ethical issue, examine its impact on the global community, describe the positive changes that could occur if this proposal were implemented, identify the fiscal and human resources needed to implement this change. , describe global stakeholders and discuss why solving world hunger has any consequences for the functioning of the world. However, before discussing world hunger and its ethical implications, it seems appropriate to provide a brief introduction on ethics in general and glo...... half of the document ......eau. The world population clock. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.htmlUtah Microenterprise Loan Fund (2010). What is microenterprise? Retrieved from http://www.umlf.com/whatis/Vaitla B, Devereux S, Swan SH (2009) Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions. PLoS Med 6(6): e1000101. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000101http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696035/pdf/pmed.1000101.pdfWahlqvist, M. L. (2009). Why Food in Health Security (FIHS)? Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965335World Health Organization (2010). Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_1_EN.pdfWorld Hunger Education Services (2011). Facts and statistics on world hunger and poverty in 2011. Retrieved from http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.ht