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According to the UN’s Committee on World Food Security, food security exists when:

AAll people have physical access to food once a year

BSome people have economic access to food, but others do not

CAll people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life

DOnly those with economic means can obtain sufficient food

Answer:

C. All people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life

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Food Security

  • Food security as defined by the UN’s Committee on World Food Security, is said to exist when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access

to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.


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