THE NOURISHING EFFECT

Food bank: A charitable
organization that solicits, receives,
inventories, stores and distributes
food and grocery products from
various sources to charitable
organizations.
Food desert: An urban
neighborhood or rural town lacking
good access to fresh, healthy, and
affordable food.
Food insecurity: Uncertain
availability or inability to acquire
safe, nutritious food in socially
acceptable ways.
Food security: Assured access to
enough nutritious food to sustain an
active and healthy life with dignity.
Food system: The interconnected
parts of planning, producing,
storing, processing, transporting,
marketing, retailing, preparing,
eating, and disposing of food at any
geographical scale.
Fruit and vegetable prescription
program: Prescriptions written by
healthcare providers worth a defined
amount for low-income patients
to redeem at participating farmers
markets.
Group of 7 (G-7): The wealthiest
industrial countries: Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, United
Kingdom, and United States.
Great Recession: The worst
economic downturn in the United
States since the Great Depression. It
started in December 2007 with the
bursting of a housing bubble that
led to a financial crisis and a steep
rise in unemployment.
Green Climate Fund: A fund
set up through the United
Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
with the intent to raise money
from developed countries to help
developing countries cope with the
impacts of climate change.
Greenhouse gas emissions: Gases
that trap heat in the atmosphere and
are linked to global climate change.
Head Start: The federally funded
preschool program for 4-year olds
from low-income families.
Health disparities: Differences
in health status among distinct
segments of the population
including differences that occur as
a result of gender, race or ethnicity,
education or income, disability,
or living in various geographic
localities.
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010: The law that reauthorized
the federal school meal and child
nutrition programs and increased
access to healthy food for
low-income children.
Hidden hunger: A deficiency in the
vitamins, major minerals and trace
elements needed for a healthy,
balanced diet.
High-income country: Determined
by the World Bank as any country
that earns an annual income per
capita of more than $12,736 USD or
more in 2014.
Human development: An expansion
of opportunities resulting from
improvements in one’s economic,
health, and educational wellbeing.
Hunger: A condition in which people
do not get enough food to provide
the nutrients (carbohydrate, fat,
protein, vitamins, minerals and
water) for fully productive, active,
and healthy lives.
Let’s Move!: An initiative launched
by First Lady Michele Obama
dedicated to addressing the
challenge of childhood obesity,
including by providing children
with healthier foods in schools
and helping them to become more
physically active.
Low food security: A category of
food insecurity for households that
report food access problems and
reduced diet quality, but typically
have reported few, if any, indications
of reduced food intake. Prior to
2006, households with low food
security were described as “food
insecure without hunger.”
Low-income country: Determined
by the World Bank as any country
that earns an annual income per
capita of $1,045 USD or less in
2014.
Malnutrition: An abnormal
physiological condition caused by
inadequate, unbalanced or excessive
consumption of macronutrients
and/or micronutrients.
Marginal food insecurity: A
category of food insecurity for
households that have problems at
times, or anxiety about, accessing
adequate food, but the quality,
variety, and quantity of their food
intake were not substantially
reduced.
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