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Malnutrition True or False Game For Cubs and Scouts

Cub Scouts; Scouts ; World Health

One side of the hall is labelled true and the other side false. When a question is read out the players go to the appropriate side.

  • Question 1

    Around 800 million people in the developing world go hungry each day. That.s one in every ten people.

    Answer: True

  • Question 2

    Many diseases are linked to problems such as polluted drinking water and poor waste disposal.

    Answer: True

  • Question 3

    There is only malnutrition in rural areas.

    Answer: False. There is malnutrition in urban areas in the slum settlements surrounding some of the world.s major cities. The slums have terrible living conditions and a lack of food contributing to malnutrition.

  • Question 4

    The average life expectancy is 46.

    Answer: False. The average life expectancy was 46 in the 1950s, but now it.s around 64.

  • Question 5

    Malnutrition is a general term for the condition in which a person or animal has too little food or is missing important nutrients.

    Answer: True

  • Question 6

    Over eating is not eating enough food?

    Answer: False. It is eating to excess.

  • Question 7

    Malnutrition causes people to turn green.

    Answer: False. It causes impairment of mental and physical development. People are more likely to get infections and there will be a decrease in learning and work capacity.

  • Question 8

    200,000 people are born into the world everyday.

    Answer: True

  • Question 9

    There are 8 billion people in the world. That.s the same as 8000 million.

    Answer: True

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