Poverty Essay.
What are the effects of poverty on the human body and what consequences does poverty have on evolution?
First of all, what is poverty? The definition is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.” As told by dictionary.com. But that can be interpreted at any degree, can’t it? What really is “little or no”? What is “poor”? The effect it has on the human body is all very dependent on those questions.
People who live in poverty have only a limited amount of food. A very small limit too. Which is caused by not being financially able to purchase enough food to meet the requirements of what society calls “enough food.” Well what do you do if you have not enough money to buy food? You grow food. And what do you do if you live on land not sufficient enough to grow food? And what do you do if you have a wife/husband or numerous children? This is poverty and this only leads to hunger, malnutrition, starvation and ultimately death.
Poverty can be caused by many different things. Natural disasters (droughts, floods, and tornados) and manmade disasters (war, or when food is used as a weapon) often halt food accessibility in some form. These things disrupt food production or distribution, supposing you have the money for it. So imagine if you didn’t have the money. It only makes feeding your, and your loved ones, bodies that much harder.
Some of the effects of poverty on the human body, as quoted by www.apa.com, would be low birth rate, chronic conditions such as asthma, anemia, and pneumonia, risky behaviors such as smoking or engaging in early sexual activity, exposure to disease, and death.
The effects that poverty will have on evolution can only end up detrimental. All of these factors over time will lead to the failure and downfall of humans. If we cannot get enough food to feed our body and stay healthy, we will die off as a result of improper nourishment. Every generation will become
First of all, what is poverty? The definition is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.” As told by dictionary.com. But that can be interpreted at any degree, can’t it? What really is “little or no”? What is “poor”? The effect it has on the human body is all very dependent on those questions.
People who live in poverty have only a limited amount of food. A very small limit too. Which is caused by not being financially able to purchase enough food to meet the requirements of what society calls “enough food.” Well what do you do if you have not enough money to buy food? You grow food. And what do you do if you live on land not sufficient enough to grow food? And what do you do if you have a wife/husband or numerous children? This is poverty and this only leads to hunger, malnutrition, starvation and ultimately death.
Poverty can be caused by many different things. Natural disasters (droughts, floods, and tornados) and manmade disasters (war, or when food is used as a weapon) often halt food accessibility in some form. These things disrupt food production or distribution, supposing you have the money for it. So imagine if you didn’t have the money. It only makes feeding your, and your loved ones, bodies that much harder.
Some of the effects of poverty on the human body, as quoted by www.apa.com, would be low birth rate, chronic conditions such as asthma, anemia, and pneumonia, risky behaviors such as smoking or engaging in early sexual activity, exposure to disease, and death.
The effects that poverty will have on evolution can only end up detrimental. All of these factors over time will lead to the failure and downfall of humans. If we cannot get enough food to feed our body and stay healthy, we will die off as a result of improper nourishment. Every generation will become