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Author World Food Programme, United Nations

Title Hunger and Health : World Hunger Series 2007
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Contents Copyright; World Hunger Series 2007 Hunger and Health; About the United Nations World Food Programme; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Contents; Table 5 -- Who is at risk of hunger and poor health in crisis situations?; Introductory note; Preface; OVERVIEW; PART I THE GLOBAL HUNGER AND HEALTH SITUATION; Introduction; 1.1 Hunger, health and well-being; Intermezzo 1: An overview of micronutrient deficiencies; 1.2 Who are the most vulnerable?; Intermezzo 2: Women and ending hunger -- the inextricable link; 1.3 Tracking the hunger and health MDGs; 1.4 Accelerating progress: making the right choices
Intermezzo 3: Hunger and disease in crisis situationsPART II UNDERNUTRITION AND DISEASE: IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE; 2.1 Undernutrition and disease: a close relationship; 2.2 A closer look at undernutrition and disease.; Intermezzo 4: AIDS and hunger -- challenges and responses; Intermezzo 5: Food support and the treatment of tuberculosis; Intermezzo 6: Nutrition transition in Latin America -- the experience of the Chilean National Nursery School Council Programme; 2.3 Emerging threats; PART III NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMITMENT AND POLITICAL CHOICE
3.1 Hunger impacts on human development3.2 Effective solutions; Intermezzo 7: Sprinkles -- an innovative, cost-effective approach to providing micronutrients to children; 3.3 Making the right political choices; Intermezzo 8: Partnerships to overcome child undernutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean; Intermezzo 9: From research to action; PART IV THE WAY FORWARD: TOWARDS A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER; 4.1 The way forward: ten key actions; Intermezzo 10: Nutrition a priority in Thailand; PART V RESOURCE COMPENDIUM; Overview: Technical notes; Table 1 -- What does a hungry world look like?
Table 2 -- How many people suffer from hunger throughout the life cycle?Table 3 -- What does a world with poor health look like?; Table 4 -- How many people suffer from poor health during their life?; Table 6a -- How many people suffer from hidden hunger and childhood diseases?; Table 6b -- How many people suffer from infectious diseases?; Table 7 -- How many people are affected by natural disasters?; Table 8 -- What solutions are available for addressing hunger and poor health?; Table 9 -- What resources are allocated to reduce hunger and poor health?
Table 10 -- Progress towards achieving the MDGs by 2015PART VI ANNEXES; Abbreviations and acronyms; Glossary; Bibliography; Text notes; Costing the essential solutions; Methodology for maps
Summary Hunger and Health 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. Examining the profound effect that hunger has on health, including disease prevention and treatment, it gives special attention to access to quality food and healthcare, in particular for the marginalized and poor. It also identifies critical junctures in the human life cycle when the benefits of reducing hunger and improving poor health have a profound im
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Subject Malnutrition -- Developing countries
Hunger -- Developing countries
World health.
Global Health
Hunger
Malnutrition
World health
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136563584
113656358X