Food and health
Case studies and examples
Required case studies
- One case study of the issues affecting a famine-stricken country or area
- geographyalltheway.com > Famine
- One case study of attempts to tackle food insecurity
- geographyalltheway.com > Solutions to food insecurity
- One case study of a contemporary pandemic and the lessons learned for pandemic management in the future
- geographyalltheway.com > Ebola - Managing the disease and pandemic
Required case studies
- One detailed example of a vector-borne disease and one detailed example of a water-borne disease
- geographyalltheway.com > Disease
Suggested examples [as an absolute minimum]
- fh.1 Measuring food and health
- Examples of global patterns in food/nutrition indicators, including the food security index, the hunger index, calories per person/capita, indicators of malnutrition.
- Examples of regional variations of food consumption and nutrition choices.
- Examples of global patterns in health indicators, including health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), infant mortality, maternal mortality, access to sanitation and the ratio between doctors/physicians and people.
- Examples of the epidemiological transition.
- Examples of diseases of poverty and diseases of affluence.
- Examples of the implications of a global ageing population for disease burden.
- fh.2 Food systems and spread of diseases
- Examples of energy efficiency and water footprints in food production.
- Examples of relative sustainability in different places.
- Examples of the physical and human processes that can lead to variations in food consumption.
- Examples of the importance of diffusion in the spread of agricultural innovations.
- Examples of the importance of diffusion in the spread of disease.
- Examples of the geographic factors in the rate of diffusion.
- Examples of geographic factors contributing to the incidence, diffusion and impacts of vector-borne and water-borne diseases.
- fh.3 Stakeholders in food and health
- Examples of the roles of international organizations, governments and NGOs in combating food insecurity and disease.
- Examples of the influence of TNCs in shaping food consumption habits.
- Examples of gender roles related to food and health, including food production/acquisition and disparities in health.
- Examples of factors affecting the severity of famine, including governance, the power of the media and access to international aid.
- fh.4 Future health and food security and sustainability
- Examples of possible solutions to food insecurity, including waste reduction.
- Examples of advantages and disadvantages of contemporary approaches to food production,including genetically modified organisms (GMOs), vertical farming and in vitro meat.
- Examples of the merits of prevention and treatment in managing disease, including social marginalization issues, government priorities, means of infection and scientific intervention.
- Examples of the epidemiology of a pandemic disease, prior local and global awareness, international action and the role of media.
fh.1 Measuring food and health
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fh.2 Food systems and spread of diseases
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fh.3 Stakeholders in food and health
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fh.4 Future health and food security and sustainability
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