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thumb|upright=1.35|Two men and a child, all dead from starvation during the Russian famine of 1921–1922 A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to: war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every inhabited continent in the world has experienced a period of famine throughout history. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Southeast and South Asia, a
A famine is a widespread shortage of food caused by factors such as war, natural disasters, crop failure, poverty, economic collapse, or government policies, and it typically leads to malnutrition, starvation, disease, and higher death rates in affected regions. Famines have occurred throughout history on every inhabited continent and represent a serious threat to human survival and well-being.
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3,304 papers- Association between early-life famine exposure and cognitive function trajectories from midlife to late-life: The mediating role of depressive symptoms.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2025He H, Li F, Zhu Z et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2025.04.026
- Famine Exposure during Early Life and Risk of Cancer in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Zhou J, Dai Y, Zuo Z et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12603-023-1947-4
- Famine mortality and contributions to later-life type 2 diabetes at the population level: a synthesis of findings from Ukrainian, Dutch and Chinese famines.ReviewBMJ global health · 2024Li C, Ó Gráda C, Lumey LHDOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015355
- Famine exposure in adolescence is associated with a higher risk of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity in adulthood: A meta-analysis.ReviewNutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Song Q, Li N, Sun C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2022.09.005
- Association of famine exposure with the risk of type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2020Liu H, Chen X, Shi T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.08.002
- Famine in Gaza, questions for research and preventive action.Nature food · 2024Vos R, Elouafi I, Swinnen JDOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-00990-3
- Famine exposure during early life and risk of hypertension in adulthood: A meta-analysis.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2018Xin X, Yao J, Yang F et al.DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1322551
- [FAMINE IN JEWISH HISTORY AND THE METABOLIC CONSEQUENCES].ReviewHarefuah · 2020Weisz M
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Una carestia è un fenomeno nel quale una larga percentuale della popolazione di una regione o di un paese è così denutrita, che muore di inedia, o altre malattie correlate.Malgrado le più abbondanti risorse economiche e tecnologiche del mondo moderno, la carestia colpisce ancora molte parti del mondo, in particolare nei paesi in via di sviluppo.La carestia è tradizionalmente associata al naturale ciclo del cattivo raccolto in agricoltura e alle malattie infettive; tra le cause umane il cambiamento climatico, la guerra. Nei decenni passati una visione più graduale si è focalizzata su circostanze politiche ed economiche che portano alla carestia moderna. Le moderne agenzie di assistenza categorizzano le varie gradazioni di carestia secondo delle scale di carestia. Molte aree che hanno sofferto la carestia nel passato si sono protette attraverso lo sviluppo tecnologico e sociale. La prima area in Europa ad eliminare la carestia furono i Paesi Bassi, che ne furono vittima per l'ultima volta agli inizi del XVII secolo, dopo di che divennero una grande potenza economica e costituirono una elaborata organizzazione politica. Un economista eminente, il premio Nobel Amartya Sen, ha fatto notare che nessuna democrazia che funzioni ha mai sofferto una carestia.
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