Question

Which among the following options correctly describe the correlation between the concepts of poverty and hunger?

• A. Being poverty-stricken affects one's ability to consume a balanced diet.
• B. Being penurious might lead a person to skip meals regularly, leading to malnutrition.
• C. Being penurious might lead a person to consume a balanced diet and lead a healthy life.
• D. Being impoverished might lead a person to have higher body mass index (BMI).

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

Being penurious might lead a person to skip meals regularly, leading to malnutrition.

Poverty and hunger are positively related. A poverty-stricken person might often consume an imbalanced diet or skip his meals regularly, leading to undernourishment and malnutrition. The phenomena of being hungry for a long period of time is called chronic hunger. Such a person might have a lower than normal body mass index (BMI).