Product Description: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 presents new estimates of undernourishment based on a revised and improved methodology. These show that progress in reducing hunger during the past 20 years has been better than previously believed, and that, given renewed efforts, it may be possible to reach the MDG hunger target at the global level by 2015...read more

Product Description: Why do millions of people in the less-developed countries go hungry, while there is an abundance of food in the world? What can be done about it? These are the issues explored in this accessible and comprehensive text.In addition to incorporating updated data throughout, this new edition includes: a comprehensive description and analysis of the 2008 food crisis; an expanded discussion of the impact of using food crops to produce biofuels; new case studies and recent examples to illustrate key points; examples of successful and unsuccessful policy approaches; reference to the latest research findings (with more than 150 new citations)...read more

Explores the multiple relationships between hunger and poor health, and how they affect the growth of individuals, physiologically and psychologically, constraining the development of nations both socially and economically. This book demonstrates how aligning of hunger and health interventions can offer solutions that reach those most in need.

Product Description: Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors of The World Food Problem tackle the question of why - and what can be done about it...read more

In Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries, a team of leading public health and infectious disease experts, epidemiologists, and clinical nutritionists break new ground by reviewing the major health problems of these countries and detailing the role that role that poor nutrition plays in their etiology. In their treatment of the epidemiology, prevention, and control of these health problems, the contributors examine a variety of such pressing medical problems as maternal mortality, low birth weight, infant mortality, and child growth and development, as well as the most significant associated diseases (measles, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, diarrhea, and respiratory disease). Innovative and interdisciplinary, Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries synthesizes the latest knowledge concerning the major infectious disease and nutritional problems of developing countries and demonstrates the fundamental importance of addressing the problems of malnutrition and "hidden hunger" (vitamin and mineral deficiencies) needed to resolve those all too widespread health problems.

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Product Description: The future of society rests with the underdeveloped nations, where the majority of the population are in the years of growth. This book brings together data from leading experts in nutrition, exercise, growth and development to explore the extent to which the potential of children is being realized in various cultures at the present time, to highlight problems that are restricting development, and to suggest how conditions for growth can be optimized...read more

Product Description: The attainment of food self-sufficiency has been a major goal of developing countries over the past 25 years. Yet, in the 1980s, most of these countries have increased, often dramatically, their dependence on food imports. Within this context, the authors assess the implications for producer welfare of the changes in grain production and consumption in developing countries from 1960 to 1985 - changes in grains produced, who produces them, who buys them and to what end...read more

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