Rationing is typically used to distribute food in instances of shortage, most notably during times of struggle. As previously discussed, the body is designed by pure choice to enjoy sweet and fattening foods for evolutionary diets, best for hunters and gatherers. Thus, candy and fattening meals in nature are usually rare and are very pleasurable to eat. In modern instances, with superior know-how, gratifying foods are easily obtainable to shoppers. Unfortunately, this promotes obesity in adults and children alike. Between the extremes of optimal well being and dying from hunger or malnutrition, there may be an array of disease states that may be triggered or alleviated by changes in food plan.
- International efforts to distribute food to the neediest nations are often coordinated by the World Food Programme.
- The journal sponsored the establishment of the Producer-Consumer Whole Food Society Ltd, with Newman Turner as president and Derek Randal as vice-president.