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• Starvation is the state of extreme hunger from a severe lack of food which is an extreme form of malnutrition.

• It is more common in LDCs due to:
- a greater number of people living in poverty;
- lack/absence of resources to counter natural disasters; or
- an unstable political situation.

• Results in:
- Permanent organ damage
- Short life-span

• For example, poor harvests and a civil rebellion have threatened 5 million people in Mali with starvation.
• Another example: FAO estimates that 98% of people suffering from starvation are from LDCs. 60% (of the 98%) of them can be found in LDCs in Asia alone. Remaining are found in Sub-saharan Africa, South and Central America

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• inadequate food supplies leads people to resort to survival responses like scavenging

• scavenging is searching through things that other people throw away, and these scavengers would eat whatever they can find in order to prevent starvation.

• however, this also comes with its own set of issues – such as health risks, because scavenged good contains high levels of bacteria or chemicals, which can cause severe illnesses in people. Scavenging could also cause dangerous or illegal situations such as when they trespass in private property and cause a nuisance to the public.

• on the other hand, in countries facing excessive food consumption, people may not need to resort to such extreme measures to counter the issue.

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In conclusion, we believe that inadequate consumption of food is more important than excess food consumption.

This is because inadequate is more harmful to the individual as well.

while excessive food consumption can solved with a diet or an exercise routine in most cases, it is hard to fix the problem of inadequate food consumption, as it is not able to be solved on an individual level, but a national one.

It is not just about the lack of food, but also the lack of nutrition, and therefore people from less developed countries are unable to tackle this problem by themselves, due to their income and and the country's lack of resources

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Diseases as a result of excess consumption like obesity can be treated in hospitals and non-extreme cases of obesity can be overcome by cutting down the food intake and exercising. On the other hand, malnutrition is harder to treat as people in LDC countries do not have enough money to get such diseases treated in hospitals.

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• a condition where an individual’s body does not receive sufficient or a balanced amount of nutrients to maintain healthy tissues and organ functions.
• This might result in death or long term developmental problems in these individuals, especially in children residing in LDCs.

• This would result in a loss of educational opportunities for these children, which will subsequently lead to economic impacts such as the lack of a skilled workforce for the country to develop economically.

• For example, of the 148 million children around the world who are underweight, 78 million are in South Asia and 36 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa, which consists of countries that are less developed. With this substantial amount of children who are malnourished and underweight, there will be a hindered development of the country economically.

• Starvation is the state of extreme hunger from a severe lack of food which is an extreme form of malnutrition. It is more common in LDCs due to a greater number of people living in poverty, lack/absence of resources to counter natural disasters or an unstable political situation. For example, poor harvests and a civil rebellion have threatened 5 million people in Mali with starvation.

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Did you know that 1.7 billion people in the world suffer from moderate or severe food insecurity? That is one in 4 people worldwide! Each and every day 25 thousand people die from hunger and related causes. Is this what we want in the world?

This house believes that excess food consumption is less important than inadequate food consumption for individuals and countries. The issue of global hunger is far more pressing than that of excess food consumption.

Before we begin I would like to set some key definitions and the scope of this debate.

Firstly, Inadequate food consumption would include food insecurity of all forms. From mild insecurity where the people worry about obtaining food on a day to day basis to severe food insecurity where the people are experiencing hunger. As a rule of thumb, any individual that is unable to meet the daily calorie intake, not by choice would fall under this category.

Similarly, excess food consumption would include people that consume more than their daily calorie intake

Secondly for the extent of the debate. As this is a global issue we see no need to limit the scope to only a particular country or region rather the scope should be set to one that involves the entire world

Now let me give a brief overview of my debate, to substantiate our stand we will give reasons the social, economic and political as well as touch on relevant examples in these 3 areas to further solidify our claim.

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This is because inadequate food consumption can lead to political issues such as social unrest. If the people are unhappy with the availability or the pricing of food, they may start communicating their discontent through violent means such as riots or protests. Through these riots, many people can get injured, even those uninvolved with the riot. For example, in Mozambique, food prices increased by as much as 30% as a result of a drought in Russia which affected food supplies. This resulted in violent protests, leaving 400 people injured and at least 10 dead. Food riots have also been reported in places such as Egypt, Cameroon, Indonesia and Madagascar

Meanwhile, those suffering from excess food consumption are relatively content with their food supply, so they will not feel motivated to start a riot or protest. They will deal with the excess food consumption through other means such as dieting and exercise.

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Excess food consumption is less important than inadequate food consumption for individuals and countries

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Excess food consumption is less important than inadequate food consumption for individuals and countries

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inadequate food consumption leads to malnutrition and starvation which may even lead to deaths

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Inadequate food consumption has large-scale economic impacts. Due to the medical issues that come with malnutrition from an inadequate amount of food, governments may have to divert more of their resources to healthcare from other sectors such as education, transport and housing. This affects their economy as it slows down its development and growth when the resources are spent on public healthcare expenditure.

Food shortages are particularly grave in Somalia where about 2 million people require humanitarian assistance. This requires resources that may have been planned to be used elsewhere.

Excessive food consumption is mostly a problem in developed countries such as North America and Europe, which are more economically wealthy and can afford to divert more resources to healthcare compared to these less developed countries. Therefore, the effect on the economy is not as dire for developed countries, which mostly have the issue of excessive food consumption rather than inadequate food consumption