Student Resources
Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Health/Nutrition — a Roundtable Review
A roundtable of two dozen experts, including leaders of key international NGOs, met at George Washington University to examine the global implications of environmentally-induced migration and health, in a context of declining aid. The report, Beyond Emerge...
United States Cancels Household Food Security Report
In the United States, domestic hunger has been surveyed annually by the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, since 1995. For 30 years, the USDA's Economic Research Service has measured the level of food insecurity among U.S. households. On September 20, 2025, the USDA announced tha...
The End of Hunger — Essays by Leaders
The Anthology, The End of Hunger: Renewed Hope for Feeding the World (2019, Illinois: InterVarsity Press), includes 29 short, readable chapters about the problem of hunger, early childhood nutrition needs, and recommendations for the future, with vignettes included of Nepal, Uganda, ...
Hunger Increases Even Further in The Sudan
August 28, 2025: Aid agencies estimate that malnutrition in Sudan increases in scale, depth and scope. Much of the reporting comes from the far western region of Darfur, where, between January and May 2025, North Darfur saw a 46% increase in children...
Universal School Meal State Policies’ Effects on Food Security
The U.S. School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program are the largest child nutrition programs in America, providing nutritious meals to some 30 million children.1 The 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act helped improve the nutritional quality of school breakfast and...
Promoting Diagonal Approach for Nutrition
In a new paper by the Center for Global Development (Asti Shafira, Javier Guzman and JM Keller), the problem of siloeing of international support for basic nutrition is critiqued, with recommendations to integrate nutrition in universal health coverage. The authors argue that nutrition is underpr...
American Tariffs Hurt Poorest Nations
Recent tariffs imposed by the U.S. President in 2025 have been much in the news. What has been less reported is how tarrifs more severely affect the poorest nations, with some countries facing tariffs 40% or higher. These high tariffs will cripple some poorer nations' export industries and lead ...
Book Review: How to Feed the World, by Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil has produced an increasing repertoire of books summarizing how humans consume different resources. Over four decades he has visited many topics including food availability and its constraints. His latest 2025 book, "How to Feed the World: T...
David Nabarro, Nutrition Leader, Passed Away
Sir David Nabarro, a distinguished British physician, international civil‑servant, and global health visionary, passed away at his home on July 25, 2...
Social Marketing and Childhood Diets Implications of MAHA in the U.S.
A recent report by Dr. Claudia Parvanta, reviews the implications of the current U.S. Administration's May 2025 "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report for children's diets and nutritional education in the U.S. Responding to a request from the Social Marketing Quarterly editorial team, the auth...
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