![An 18 month girl, weighing 14 pounds, is treated by a US Army medical team in Paktya province, Afghanistan. December 2007](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img774.jpg?itok=S_EmeBAD)
Source: Public Domain-US Army
![Child Victim of the Holodomor Famine in the Ukraine, 1933 Child Victim of the Holodomor Famine in the Ukraine, 1933](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img781.jpg?itok=ld3LBnsY)
Source: Public Domain
![A picture of a starving woman from the Leningrad Blockade during World War II. A picture of a starving woman from the Leningrad Blockade during World War II.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img782.jpg?itok=e-uj_7Wy)
The passage roughly translates to "Alimentary dystrophy (starvation sickness). Failure of the general nourishment of the organism as a result of a long period of undernourishment, when food does not comprise a sufficient quantity of calories in relation to the energy used. After the war, dystrophy received another, unofficial name, "The Leningrad Sickness"
Source: Creative Commons (George Shuklin)
![Engraving, "Giving Out Corn to the People, During a Season of Scarcity." Chinese officials distributing famine relief during the early 19th century Engraving, "Giving Out Corn to the People, During a Season of Scarcity." Chinese officials distributing famine relief during the early 19th century](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img783.gif.jpg?itok=0kDnb4e6)
Source: Public Domain
![A sketch of Bridget O'Donnel, who suffered significant illness along with her children during the Irish Potato Famine in 1849 A sketch of Bridget O'Donnel, who suffered significant illness along with her children during the Irish Potato Famine in 1849](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img784.jpg?itok=83fRur5U)
Source: Public Domain
Source: released into the Public Domain
Source: GNU License (user haitham alfalah)
![Italian 2 euro commemorative coin showing the World Food Programme, 2004 Italian 2 euro commemorative coin showing the World Food Programme, 2004](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img800.png.jpg?itok=VJusGpc4)
Source: Public Domain
![Children and a nurse at a Nigerian orphanage in the 1960s. Some of the children show signs of kwashiorkor, a protein deficiency disease Children and a nurse at a Nigerian orphanage in the 1960s. Some of the children show signs of kwashiorkor, a protein deficiency disease](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img801.jpg?itok=JIzFelsR)
Source: Center for Disease Control
![Commonly grown food around the world, rich in naturally complex and simple carbohydrates Commonly grown food around the world, rich in naturally complex and simple carbohydrates](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img802.jpg?itok=VFBbMrt1)
Source: Pubic Domain- Department of Agriculture
![A cattle slaughterhouse, where the new needs of meat consumption are met A cattle slaughterhouse, where the new needs of meat consumption are met](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-chart803.jpg?itok=X3yXjG-l)
Source: Public Domain-released by Dr. Temple Grandin
Source: Public Domain
![Water Buffalo plowing rice fields near Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Water Buffalo plowing rice fields near Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img805.jpg?itok=DbbPAHBE)
Source: GNU License (Merbabu)
![Bus running on soybean biodiesel, one of the alternative ways that agricultrual prodcuts are diverted from food uses Bus running on soybean biodiesel, one of the alternative ways that agricultrual prodcuts are diverted from food uses](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img806.jpg?itok=vhAd1XE5)
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
![Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in California, a new trend in agricultural production Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in California, a new trend in agricultural production](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img807.jpg?itok=dJ3WrpmN)
Source: Public Domain
![Tractor plowing an alfalfa field in 1921 Tractor plowing an alfalfa field in 1921](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img808.jpg?itok=RGSxhPEy)
Source: Public Domain
![A Fred Meyer in Portland, Oregon illustrating the usual food choices in a supermarket in the United States A Fred Meyer in Portland, Oregon illustrating the usual food choices in a supermarket in the United States](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img809.jpg?itok=KmGclxX2)
Source: Licensed by http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/49545547
![A young Nigerian child in the late 1960s suffering from a protein deficiency disease, kwashiorkor, after the Nigerian/Biafran War A young Nigerian child in the late 1960s suffering from a protein deficiency disease, kwashiorkor, after the Nigerian/Biafran War](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img810.jpg?itok=mMuOdxW_)
Source: Center for Disease Control
![A collection of meat-stuffs for human consumption A collection of meat-stuffs for human consumption](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img811.jpg?itok=hAmOALlI)
Source: Public Domain
![A Bangledeshi man working a rice field A Bangledeshi man working a rice field](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img812.jpg?itok=Fh_wHhze)
Source: USAID/Federal Government
![A John Deere tractor at harvest A John Deere tractor at harvest](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img813.jpg?itok=a1yq7dc8)
Source: Creative Commons
![A propaganda poster from the "Great Leap Forward" in China, designed to make grain production look like shooting rockets A propaganda poster from the "Great Leap Forward" in China, designed to make grain production look like shooting rockets](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3-6-img814.jpg?itok=qqD1rL1K)
Source: Public Domain