Like most primates, Koko is sensitive about her weight. Here she is standing on a scale while Penny reads the results. Koko knows that to control her weight, she has to watch both her caloric (ie, food) intake and her activity levels.
Changes in life expectancy in some hard-hit African countries between 1960 and 2012. HIV and AIDS affects economic growth by reducing the availability of human capital. Without proper prevention, nutrition, health care and medicine that is available in developing countries, large numbers of people are falling victim to AIDS. People living with HIV/AIDS will not only be unable to work, but will also require significant medical care.
2. One of the most severe effects of poverty is the health effects that are almost always present. This includes things from diseases to life expectancy to medicine. Diseases are very common in people living in poverty because they lack the resources to maintain a healthy living environment.. Poverty also has social effects. Many people living in poverty are homeless, which puts them on the streets. There also seems to be a connection between poverty and crime. When people are unemployed and homeless, social unrest may take over and lead to increases in crime.