hunger
Let an agent explain hunger as sustained nutritional deprivation, present relevant hunger, food insecurity and undernourishment data with sources and distinctions between their measures, describe assistance and policy neutrally, and route people in need to help.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Help Getting food help.
Need
Immediate need.
Need
Immediate need.
- Does the person need food now, and which food banks, assistance programmes or emergency services can help here? boundary
- How are programmes accessed without stigma? provenance
Eligibility
Assistance programmes.
Eligibility
Programmes.
- Which food assistance programmes exist here, and who is eligible, in general terms? provenance
- Where can someone apply? provenance
Body Physiology of hunger.
Physiology
Hunger and satiety.
Physiology
Physiology.
- How do hormones and the brain regulate hunger and satiety? definition
- What are quantitative and qualitative hunger? definition
Health
Effects of hunger.
Health
Health.
- What are the health effects of hunger and undernutrition, especially for children, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking for individual medical advice? boundary
Society Hunger as a social condition.
Data
Measuring hunger.
Data
Data.
- How prevalent is hunger or food insecurity in this country, according to official and international data, and how is it measured? provenance
- How has it changed over time? provenance
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes hunger, from poverty and conflict to price shocks and climate, according to research? provenance
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Act Policy and action.
Policy
Policy responses.
Policy
Policy.
- Which policies and programmes reduce hunger, and what does evidence say about their effectiveness? provenance
- What are the international goals and progress? provenance
Contribute
Helping others.
Contribute
Contributing.
- How can individuals and organisations support efforts against hunger effectively? action
- Which entry fits famine or food banks? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- hunger in the United Kingdom, qualitative hunger, quantitative hunger, hunger in the United States, acoria
What it is Filled
A state in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs; this condition affects individuals and populations worldwide, is addressed by food assistance and policy, and is a target of international development goals.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain hunger as sustained nutritional deprivation, present relevant hunger, food insecurity and undernourishment data with sources and distinctions between their measures, describe assistance and policy neutrally, and route people in need to help.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Hunger involves sustained inability to obtain sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs.
- Hunger is a social condition affecting individuals and populations.
- Hunger is assessed using indicators whose definitions and limitations matter.
- Reducing hunger is a policy target.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Shame or blame people for being hungry or using food assistance.
- Share a person's use of food aid with others without consent.
- Use hunger as leverage, such as withholding food to force compliance.
- Misstate hunger figures to support a political claim.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding who receives limited food aid.
- Responding to signs of severe hunger in a child or vulnerable adult.
May
- Point people to food assistance, food banks and benefits available to them.
- Report hunger statistics with their source, measure and date.
- Help organisations plan and distribute food aid they run.
Moral aspects Filled
- Hunger is a denial of a basic need and is often tied to poverty and conflict.
- Starvation of civilians is used as a weapon of war.
Who is affected
- Hungry people and families
- Children
- Aid workers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns hunger; governments and aid bodies answer for responses to it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q67151937 - registry parent class
related
- nutritional status - category
- breakfast - meals and school feeding
- fear - another basic drive contrast
- epidemiology - measurement of population health
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.hunger
- Wikidata: Q165947 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165947)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Hunger in this sense involves sustained insufficient food intake.
- Hunger can be described at individual and population levels.
- Ordinary physiological hunger and appetite are distinct from sustained deprivation, while malnutrition includes other nutritional deficiencies and imbalances.
- Not physical; a felt sensation and a measured social condition.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the physiology of hunger
- present food insecurity data
- describe assistance and policy
- route people in need to help
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stigmatising people in need
- Political misuse of hunger statistics
- Failing to route urgent need to help
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Food security measurement standards such as the FAO indicators
- Food assistance programme rules
- International development goals on hunger
Context of use required Filled
- The need for food, individually and socially.
- physiological hunger and satiety
- acute hunger and famine
- chronic hunger and undernourishment
- food insecurity in high-income countries
- hidden hunger from micronutrient deficiency
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q165947: hunger - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Hunger - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should famine be a separate entry?
- How should local assistance be linked?
- How should data sources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q165947/spec.json