Problem
Interference of food aid in environmentally adapted nutritional habits
Nature:
Food and food consumption are as much a social as a nutritional phenomenon. In every society, the nutritional items identified as food, their mode of preparation, the conditions under which they are eaten, the proscriptions and prescriptions relating to ritual and other occasions, all reflect basic cultural values, premises about life, religious convictions and, often, national pride. Consequently, changing food habits implies simultaneously changing and redefining social mores. Food aid does not take this aspect of food consumption into consideration. Broader Problems:
IntrusionInadequacy of food aid Narrower Problems:
Inappropriate infant feeding strategies Aggravates:
DiabetesNutritional deficienciesMisinformed nutrition practicesExport of nutritious food by starving countries Strategies:
Providing food aidCorrecting nutritional deficienciesImproving legislation relating to action against problems Values:
AidInterference Subject(s):
Amenities → FoodHealth Care → Nutrition
Psychology → Behaviour
Environment → Environment
Development → Aid
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET