Hunger

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hunger is the physical sensation of desiring food. Even the highly privileged individuals usually experience mild hunger which is not harmful to health. But when politicians, relief workers and social scientists talk about people suffering from hunger, they refer to those who are unable to eat sufficient food to meet their basic nutritional needs for a sustained period of time. A large proportion of the world's population has often experienced sustained periods of hunger throughout history. In the main cases, hunger resulted from disruptions to the food supply which was caused by wars, plagues or adverse weather changes...