grow enough food or earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere to turn for help. Facts and Figures on Hunger, Famine and Poverty In the developing world, more than 1.4 billion people currently live below the international poverty line, earning less than $1.25 per day. Among this group of poor people, many have problems obtaining adequate, nutritious food for themselves and their families. As a result, 820 million people in the developing world are undernourished. They consume less than the minimum amount of calories essential for sound health and growth. Socially, the lack of food erodes relationships and feeds shame so that those most in need of support are often least able to call on it. What causes hunger? Crops don't grow if there is no rain and families can't feed themselves. People who are poor can't buy food when their crops fail. They have nothing to fall back on. Conflict is another major cause of hunger. Wars
balance are possible attibuted to alcohol use by the mother before birth of the infant. Fetal exposure to alcohol can also result in adnormal thyroid function and some decrease in the immune system effectiveness. No one is sure the role alcohol plays on the fetus, some of the possiblities are: -Acetaldehyde which is the primary product when alcohol is metabolized; -fetal malnutrition especially if the mother is undernourished. Even when she haseaten the proper foods, the placenta may not beable to carry yhese vitamins, minerals and other nutrients which are so important to the developing fetus; -lack of oxygen due to less blood flow to the fetus through the placenta; and -disturbance of prostaglandins which control normal blood flow to the placenta. LIVER DISEASE You can not live with out your liver, it is the biggest organ in you body. Although