Starving Human

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A Starving Human a persistently hungry human who will die at the current nutrient consumption.



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2015

  • (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/starvation Retrieved:2015-11-26.
    • Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake needed to maintain human life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage [1] and eventually, death. The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation. Starvation may also be used as a means of torture or execution. According to the World Health Organization, hunger is the single gravest threat to the world's public health.[2] The WHO also states that malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases. Undernutrition is a contributory factor in the death of 3.1 million children under five every year. Figures on actual starvation are difficult to come by, but according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the less severe condition of undernourishment currently affects about 842 million people, or about one in eight (12.5%) people in the world population. [3] The bloated stomach, as seen in the picture to the right, represents a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor which is caused by insufficient protein despite a sufficient caloric intake.[4] Children are more vulnerable to kwashiorkor whose advanced symptoms include weight loss and muscle wasting.
  1. Disease-Related Malnutrition: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treatment "When [food] intake is poor or absent for a long time (weeks), weight loss is associated with organ failure and death."
  2. Malnutrition The Starvelings
  3. FAO: The State of Food Insecurity in the World
  4. http://www.bettermedicine.com/article/kwashiorkor

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