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Define chronic hunger


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Hunger is one of the most important aspects indicating food security. Hunger results in poverty and there are two dimensions of hunger, one is seasonal hunger and the other is chronic hunger.

Chronic hunger

Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in turn inability to buy food even for survival.


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