Latin is where we find the etymological origin of the term hunger that concerns us now. Specifically, we have to explain that it derives from the Vulgar Latin "famen, faminis."
The notion of hunger usually refers to the need or desire to eat : that is, to eat food .
Hunger, therefore, is the sensation that appears when a person needs or wants to consume food . It may be a physical need (the body already requires nutrients to have energy and stay healthy) or an appetite (the intention to eat, which is often linked to pleasure).
The idea of hunger can also refer to the lack of access to basic foods . In this sense, hunger implies a shortage of food and, in this way, is associated with a wide range of health and development problems.
The hungry individual is malnourished or malnourished . This means that you ingest a smaller amount of protein and calories than your body needs. Therefore, their physical and intellectual development will be deficient and their health will be affected by multiple disorders. Hunger can even lead to death .
According to statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , some 815 million human beings suffer from hunger throughout the planet. Data from 2016 reveal that hunger affects about 11% of the world's population, registering growth compared to the previous year's figures.
It must be established that there are several causes that lead to hunger still existing in the world. Specifically, among the most significant we can highlight climate change, which is leading to areas where the land is absolutely sterile, as well as poverty and exclusion.
In the same way, wars and armed conflicts existing in different areas of the planet, speculation with food, having left aside agriculture in many cases and even totalitarianism are other reasons that cause hunger to continue. in the world.
It is important to know that the amount of food produced in the world is enough to feed the entire population. That is why the existence of hunger shows a political problem (food is not distributed appropriately) and a moral problem (since deaths from hunger are avoidable and yet are not avoided).
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of a literary trilogy , later brought to the big screen with great success, which has in its title the word that concerns us now. We are referring to the "Hunger Games" saga, written by Suzanne Collins and which is made up of the following works: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay".
The story takes place in a United States very different from the current ones where power is in the hands of the Capitol, which has divided the capital of Panem into districts where citizens live in terrible conditions. A government that annually forces these districts to elect a boy and a girl, the so-called Tributes, to participate in a televised game where in order to survive they must eliminate their rivals. And in the end only one of the participants will remain alive.