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hunger

vr.tr.hunger · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain hunger as sensation and as social condition, present hunger and food insecurity data with sources, describe assistance and policy neutrally, and route people in need to help.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain hunger as sensation and as social condition, present hunger and food insecurity data with sources, describe assistance and policy neutrally, and route people in need to help.

The physiological sensation and need for food, and, as a social condition, the lack of sufficient food for an active healthy life, measured as food insecurity and undernourishment in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom and worldwide; hunger has quantitative and qualitative dimensions, is addressed by food assistance and policy, and is a target of international development goals.

What it is for: The need for food, individually and socially.

It can be explain the physiology of hunger; present food insecurity data; describe assistance and policy; route people in need to help.

Distinguishing features

Physiological drive

Social condition

Measured by indicators

Policy target

What it looks like

Not physical; a felt sensation and a measured social condition.

How it is recognised

Need or lack of food

Individual and population levels

Appetite is desire without need; malnutrition includes other deficiencies

Related models

is a kind of - category

nutritional status

is related to - meals and school feeding

breakfast

is related to - another basic drive contrast

fear

is related to - measurement of population health

epidemiology

In practice

Families and kinds

physiological hunger and satiety

acute hunger and famine

chronic hunger and undernourishment

food insecurity in high-income countries

hidden hunger from micronutrient deficiency

Standards and regulation

Food security measurement standards such as the FAO indicators

Food assistance programme rules

International development goals on hunger

Failure modes and hazards

Stigmatising people in need

Political misuse of hunger statistics

Failing to route urgent need to help

Also called

hunger in the United Kingdomqualitative hungerquantitative hungerhunger in the United Statesacoria

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.hunger

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Help Getting food help.

Routing.

Need

Immediate need.

Need

Immediate need.

  1. Does the person need food now, and which food banks, assistance programmes or emergency services can help here? boundary
  2. How are programmes accessed without stigma? provenance

Eligibility

Assistance programmes.

Eligibility

Programmes.

  1. Which food assistance programmes exist here, and who is eligible, in general terms? provenance
  2. Where can someone apply? provenance
Body Physiology of hunger.

Science.

Physiology

Hunger and satiety.

Physiology

Physiology.

  1. How do hormones and the brain regulate hunger and satiety? definition
  2. What are quantitative and qualitative hunger? definition

Health

Effects of hunger.

Health

Health.

  1. What are the health effects of hunger and undernutrition, especially for children, according to health bodies? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for individual medical advice? boundary
Society Hunger as a social condition.

Data.

Data

Measuring hunger.

Data

Data.

  1. How prevalent is hunger or food insecurity in this country, according to official and international data, and how is it measured? provenance
  2. How has it changed over time? provenance

Causes

Causes.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What causes hunger, from poverty and conflict to price shocks and climate, according to research? provenance
  2. Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Act Policy and action.

Responses.

Policy

Policy responses.

Policy

Policy.

  1. Which policies and programmes reduce hunger, and what does evidence say about their effectiveness? provenance
  2. What are the international goals and progress? provenance

Contribute

Helping others.

Contribute

Contributing.

  1. How can individuals and organisations support efforts against hunger effectively? action
  2. Which entry fits famine or food banks? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should famine be a separate entry?
  • How should local assistance be linked?
  • How should data sources be linked?
Draft as JSON