Books & Media Reviews

Peter Morris, Nutritionist and Long-term USAID Expert Leads WHES

The editorial staff of World Hunger Education Service recently sat down and interviewed Peter Morris for his insights about progress in international aid, hunger, nutrition and pandemics.  Mr. Morris has served in numerous crises around the world, leading USAID teams, including epidemic response to...

Pandemics and Hunger:  Part 2 of Our Interview with Dr. Ron Waldman

 June 2020    Exclusive content from the World Hunger Education Service. .  Dr. Ron Waldman reflects on lessons of pandemic preparedness and response, the roles of the USG and UN and recommended references. Hunger Notes editors Peter Morris and Steve Hansch interviewed pandemic expert Dr. Ron Wa...

Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong

In his new book The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy, MIT economist Peter Temin argues that economic inequality results in two distinct classes. And only one of them has any power....

Reviewed By: Gillian B. White

‘How to Feed the World’ offers practical, positive solutions to food insecurity

A new book of essays by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Purdue University helps readers understand how decisions made today by farmers, scientists, policymakers, educators and consumers are vital to ensuring global food security in coming decades....

Reviewed By: Darrin Pack

26 Films Every Food Activist Must Watch

Films and short videos are a powerful way of increasing awareness of and interest in the food system. With equal parts technology and artistry, filmmakers can bring an audience to a vegetable garden in Uganda, a fast food workers’ rights protest in New York City, or an urban farm in Singapore....

Reviewed By: Danielle Nierenberg and Katie Work

Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations

August 15, 2016 Conflict is a leading cause of hunger  and this short document (42 pages) describes hunger resulting from conflict in 17 countries, countries where conflict and hunger have been substantial .  It is a joint study by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program a...

Reviewed By: Lane Vanderslice

Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition

July 15, 2016 This important new book, available as a free download on the IFPRI website, is a wonderful introduction to the issues involved in improving nutrition for poorly nourished people throughout the world. The first chapter gives an overview of nutrition progress, both in programs and result...

Reviewed By: Lane Vanderslice

The First 1000 Days: A crucial time for mothers and children—and the world

In his new book, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children – and the World, journalist Roger Thurow chronicles the obstacles that women face around the globe. He takes us to the western highlands region of Guatemala, where women can't afford to eat the locally grown fruits and ...

Reviewed By: Allison Aubrey

The Reproach of Hunger: Food, Justice, and Money in the Twenty-First Century

In a groundbreaking book, based on six years of on the ground reporting, expert David Rieff offers a masterly review about whether ending extreme poverty and widespread hunger is within our reach as increasingly promised. Can we provide enough food for 9 billion (2 billion more than today) in 2050, ...

Reviewed By: Sandra F. Joireman

Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women: A guide to measurement

Women of reproductive age (WRA) are often nutritionally vulnerable because of the physiological demands of pregnancy and lactation. Requirements for most nutrients are higher for pregnant and lactating women than for adult men. The Minimum Dietary Diversity for WRA (MDD-W) 3 indicator defined and de...