Food Insecure People


 
 
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Food Insecure People

A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food. Food insecurity can be experienced at different levels of severity. 

Marginalised section of the society that includes people from scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and other backward classes are most oppressed and poverty ridden strata of the society. They suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity at the Highest.

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Question : 1

A high incidence of malnutrition prevails among pregnant women. This is a matter of serious concern as ____________________

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Which of the following statements is not true regarding food security ?

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

According to the National Health and Family Survey (NHFS) 1998–99, what is the number of women and children who constitute an important segment of the food insecure population?

Right Option : B
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