Nutrition
Interview with Edesia’s Maria Kasparian about Anti-Hunger Foods
April 20, 2026 Plumpy’Nut has become one of the most recognizable tools in the fight against severe acute malnutrition among young children around the world. Plumpy’Nut is one brand of the broader food type called “...
Food Fortification Efficiently Prevents Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency
A new analysis of food fortification programs finds that the fortification of consumer foods is cost-effective in the majority of contexts in reducing deficiency diseases of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). The findings are available online, as published by Elise Cogo, Ferruccio Pelone, et ...
HOPE in Gaza
Project HOPE is the recipient of a donation by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about solving hunger which selected Project Hope to highlight and affirm its excellent work providing recovery foods for malnourished ...
New Approach to Controlling Malnutrition in Somalia
Childhood malnutriiton can be addressed by their communities via an initiative in Somalia developed by the "Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition (MIYCAN) working group and fostered by UNICEF and the federal department of health of Somalia in the Horn of Africa. ...
Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
Around the world, a key shift during the past few decades in combatting malnutrition has been the adoption of social marketing, communications and "behavior change" to improve diets, caretaker behavior, and recognition of failures in child growth. The technical book, "Essentials of Public He...
A Promising Model to Predict Rates of U.S. Food Insecurity
As covered in a September 20 Hunger Notes article, the USDA announced that they would no longer be collecting the annual data measuring household food insecurity and cancelling the Household Food Security Reports. This means that the 2024 report will be the last under the current format. ...
Death from Malnutrition in the United States
Deaths among Americans caused by malnutrition and hunger have increased 600% according to the Washington Post and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as reported by Andrew van Darn on Jan. 5, 2026, who finds that the increase is seen "across the board. Every state, every educat...
Key U.N. Updates Show Alarming Hunger Trends
Recent UN annual reports and updates about global hunger highlight several important issues and trends as we move into 2026: WFP will prioritize feeding 110 million in 2026 despite larger need: Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP...
Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, “Field Exchange”, October 2025
The Emergency Nutrition Exchange, based out of Dublin, Ireland, has published groundbreaking, field-level technical research about attacking malnutrition for the last few decades. The latest edition, Issue 76 (October 2025) showcases community-led, data-informed, and systems-focused approaches to ...
The Use of Food as a Weapon: Reflections Working with Khmer Refugees
Field Experience on the Thai–Cambodian Border, 1979 The year was 1979. In October, I braved the streets of Bangkok, Thailand at five o’clock in the morning to get on a volunteer bus bound for the Thai–Cambodian border. Our destination was Sakeo,...
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