Hunger
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"I was drunk with starvation; my hunger had made me tipsy."--Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun |
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Hunger is the physical sensation of desiring food. When politicians, relief workers and social scientists talk about people suffering from hunger, they usually refer to those who, for sustained periods, are unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs.
Throughout history, a large proportion of the world's population have experienced frequent severe hunger. In many cases, this resulted from food supply disruptions caused by war, plagues, or adverse weather. For the first few decades after World War II, technological progress and enhanced political cooperation suggested it might be possible to substantially reduce the number of people suffering from hunger. While progress was uneven, by 2000 the threat of extreme hunger subsided for many of the world's people.
See also
- Hunger (motivational state)
- Hunger strike
- Starving artist
- Hunger (novel), a novel by Hamsun.
- A Hunger Artist, a story by Kafka.
- Malthus
