11). Seasonal effects might extend to older ages: children born during the rainy season in rural Gambia—coinciding with the hunger season—experienced higher rates of all-cause mortality over their entire lifespan compared with children born during other times of the year51. This suggests that ...
N.Philipsen Hetzner, ...J.Brooks-Gunn, inInternational Encyclopedia of Education (Third Edition), 2010 Introduction: Poverty and Child Development In 2005, nearly one-fifth of America's children were living in poverty. American individuals and families are considered to be living in poverty if t...
whereas an unsupervised child with a fire-setting problem is a scary proposition. In some circumstances (eg, hunger, homelessness, abandonment), it probably is not necessary to have evidence documenting harm. It is abundantly clear that these conditions impair children's safety, health, and develo...
Childhood hunger continues to plague the United States. With a small grant from America's Second Harvest we began a weekend feeding initiative called the BackPack Program, which seeks to reduce hunger among school-aged children by distribution of ready-to-eat food in backpacks for participants to...
Because of self-imposed isolation, the child's brain hungers for stimulation, increasing the level of arousal which results in an anxietyevoking experience of sound in addition to pain. Parents mistake the withdrawal as a signal for them to try to communicate more vigorously thereby increasing ...
Nowadays, for people who have been married for a long time, sex is the minefield that separates them. Everyone feels they ought to be having it, ought to be enjoying it, that it ought to be an expression of their love. They are too tired for groundbreaking sex, but they hunger for af...
Few of the Crusaders returned from their journey; most died of hunger or thirst or were drowned at sea, while others were sold as slaves. The chroniclers’ story carried a clear message: God did not will it. Be this as it may, the Children’s Crusade did confirm Innocent III’s belief...
The nonprofit Feeding America projects that some 18 million children could be food insecure in 2020. Congress took some early steps to address childhood food insecurity during the pandemic, but with need soaring, nutrition advocates say more support is required to address child ...
A Tennessee Inmate on Death Row Says He Is on Hunger Strike Over Medical Care and Other Issues A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of the food, and individual padlocks on cell doors t...
role in ending hunger, poverty, and malnutrition worldwide, and reinforced the government's approach to better food quality and nutrition with the Feed the Future initiative. [Pictured: An example of assistance via a food relief program in Zimbabwe.] 2018: Americas Water Infrastructure Act Shealah...