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Culture and Foods
Module 3: Global Food Problems

A. Defining the Problem
    Hunger Web Quest: "What Can 1 Person Do About Hunger?"
    World Hunger: The Face of Starvation
B. Diseases Associated with or Defined by Lack of Food
   1. Starvation
   2. Severe Malnutrition
   3. Dietary Considerations
   4. Medstudents-pediatrics
       a. Marasmus
   Encyclopedia Britannica: marasmus
   Marasmus or PEM
   Marasmus
   Marasmus Clinical Manifestations
       b. Kawasikor
   Encyclopedia Britannica: kwashiorkor
   Kwashiorkor
   Kwashiorkor
   Nutrition Tutorial: Problem 4 Kwashiorkor vs. Marasmus
       c. Others
C. Causes
    1. Political
   The Children of Sudan Innocent Victims of War and Famine
    2. Economic
    3. Climatic (Greenhouse Effect)
    4. Technological
D. Prevention Strategies
    1. International
        a. Second Harvest
        b. Doctors Without Borders
        c. The Hunger Site
        d. Fast Forward to End Childhood Hunger
    2. Government
    3. Grass Roots
Plant an extra row (see HGTV for web address)
E. Food Preservation and Storage
F. Rainforest
            1.  Edu Web Amazon
            2.  Live From the Rainforest
            3.  The Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest
            4.  Rainforest Action Network
            5.  Rainforests of the World
            6.  Science in the Rainforest
            7.   Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
            8.  The Tropical Rainforest in Suriname
            9.  Under the Umbrella of the Tropical Rainforest
    H. Replanting the Forest
    I. Recycling
            a.  America Recycles Day
            b.  Earth's 911
            c.  Garbage: How Can My Community Reduces Waste?
            d.  The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
            e.  Is Recycling Worthwhile?
            f.   PRISM
            g.  Recycle City
            h.  Reduce Garbage, Eliminate Landfills
            i.   Roscoe's Recycle Room
 
 

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