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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture
Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a craving or urgent need for [[food]] or a specific nutrient
:b : an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of [[food]]
:c : a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food
*2 : a strong [[desire]] : craving <a hunger for success>
==Description==
'''Hunger''' is the most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat of experiencing, the [[physical]] sensation of hunger.
==Malnutrition, famine, starvation==
* ''Malnutrition'' is a general term for a condition [[cause]]d by improper diet or [[nutrition]].
* ''Famine'' is a widespread [[scarcity]] of [[food]] that may apply to any faunal species, which [[phenomenon]] is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
* ''Starvation'' describes a "[[state]] of exhaustion of the [[body]] caused by lack of [[food]]." This state may precede death.
==World statistics==
On June 19, 2009, it was reported that the number of malnourished people in the world exceeded 1 billion people, about a sixth of the world's [[total]] [[population]].
There were 923 million malnourished people in the world in 2007, an increase of 80 million since 1990. The FAO purports that the world already produces enough [[food]] to feed everyone — 6 billion people — and could feed double — 12 billion people.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture
Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : a craving or urgent need for [[food]] or a specific nutrient
:b : an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of [[food]]
:c : a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food
*2 : a strong [[desire]] : craving <a hunger for success>
==Description==
'''Hunger''' is the most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat of experiencing, the [[physical]] sensation of hunger.
==Malnutrition, famine, starvation==
* ''Malnutrition'' is a general term for a condition [[cause]]d by improper diet or [[nutrition]].
* ''Famine'' is a widespread [[scarcity]] of [[food]] that may apply to any faunal species, which [[phenomenon]] is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
* ''Starvation'' describes a "[[state]] of exhaustion of the [[body]] caused by lack of [[food]]." This state may precede death.
==World statistics==
On June 19, 2009, it was reported that the number of malnourished people in the world exceeded 1 billion people, about a sixth of the world's [[total]] [[population]].
There were 923 million malnourished people in the world in 2007, an increase of 80 million since 1990. The FAO purports that the world already produces enough [[food]] to feed everyone — 6 billion people — and could feed double — 12 billion people.
[[Category: General Reference]]
