Globally, food insecurity is a huge challenge, especially among developing nations.The severity of the problem varies from one continent to the other. Developmentpractitioners, researchers, government leaders and scientists are strugglin... G Mashango 被引量: 4发表: 2015年 加载更多研究...
This increase parallels a continued rise in childhood obesity rates, creating what public health experts are calling a “dual burden” on the nation’s health care system. The co-existence of food insecurity and obesity highlights the problem wherein families struggle to access nutritious food, ...
Food processing and supply chain were affected during the pandemic; the distribution of free ration till November 2020, apart from entitlement under NFSA, did not solve the problem of food insecurity. Retrenchment of workers from firms, migration to their villages, and saturation of rural farm ...
In proposing measures to curb erratic swings in food prices, global leaders have conflated high prices with unstable ones. That's a mistake. In fact, the real problem is expensive food, so policies aimed at curbing volatility -- such as export bans, price stabilization schemes, and subsidies ...
business practices impact the environment and what we can do to ensure a healthy world for future generations. While we may not have solutions to all parts of the overall problem (yet), everyone can do something and there are already a myriad of different solutions to parts of the problem....
Lotter D (2014) Facing food insecurity in Africa: why, after 30 years of work in organic agriculture, I am promoting the use of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides in small-scale staple crop production. Agric Hum Values 10:100. doi:10. 1007/s10460-014-9547-x...
Larger discussions around sustainability tend to overlook these complexities, said White. Food insecurity is often tied to caloric sufficiency, but doesn’t always reflect nutritional needs, particularly those of vulnerable populations.Pregnant, lactating, and elderly women, for example, are susceptible to...
Food insecurity is common among African American/Black and Latino PLWH [58, 59]. Financial benefit levels are not sufficient to prevent food insecurity in this population, and food insecurity is robustly related to unsuppressed HIV viral load [58]. Bowen and colleagues, for example, argue that...
Vincent says you can also talk to the person doing the doing the misguided encouraging and remind them that "abstaining from alcohol is a personal choice and does not need to be defended or explained." If you or a loved one is experiencing a problem with alcohol, help is available via the...
The study, which looked at 50 mothers and their children, found that children in households where food scarcity is a problem ate food when they were not hungry and were more likely to eat five or more snacks per day. This is what is known as the "insurance hypothesis"—the theory is th...