Food Insecurity

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The Food Is Medicine Strategy Gains Momentum

U.S. health care is crafting food-based nutrition interventions to combat diet-related diseases

COVID-Era Learning Loss Tied to Food Insecurity

New data points to food security as a predicator of academic success during the pandemic

Food

Why Some Children Relapse From Severe Acute Malnutrition

A new pediatric study answers why and how often relapse occurs with the deadliest form of malnutrition

Poverty

Expanding Mobile Medical Care to Fight Hunger

In Somalia, addressing malnutrition and infectious disease together

Food

Survival, Subsistence, and Food Sovereignty in Alaska

Laws around subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska are not protecting the Indigenous peoples who rely on it

Food

When Farmers Can't Put Food on the Table

How the war in Ukraine and climate change are affecting poor farmers in Guatemala

Trade

Tackling Food Security and Sustainability

At last week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, negotiators found their sea legs

Food

Mitigating Malnutrition

An arresting global surge in the number of people experiencing hunger and what's behind it

Food

Russia's War on Food

Russia's own food security is yet another casualty of its eight-year war in Ukraine

Food

Bake for Ukraine

Neither war nor displacement can keep these Ukrainian bakers from feeding their community

Urbanization

Syndemic Urbanism: Urban Injustice in Traumatized Cities

How violence, neglect, and health are entangled in urban territories

Governance

Getting School Health Right in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

School nutrition and health programs took a hit during COVID, now it's time to reinforce these school-based safety nets 

Food

In Somalia, Should COVID Vaccination or Food Security Come First?

Conflict and drought further complicate the East African nation's health decisions