Student Resources
On Resilience: What is Resilience in Anti-Hunger Aid?
July 1, 2026 This ongoing column in Hunger Notes was created to explore the fascination aid agencies have with the term "resilience," which to some degree has replaced other broad, aspirational buzzwords like "development", "sustainability," and "empowerment." Like those other terms, resili...
The Politics of Hunger in America
June 28, 2026 by Nadira Kabir. What the 2026 Primaries Could Mean for America's Food Safety Net As the United States moves deeper into the 2026 primary season, voters are beginning to choose the candidates who will compete in congressional, guber...
Water Insecurity and Malnutrition: An Overlooked Connection
June 24, 2026 by Kirsten Roe Often, when people think of hunger or food insecurity, they may think about food availability (e.g., sufficient food), access (e.g., able to afford food or access it in the market), and nutriti...
Study from China: Nutritional Deprivation Early in Life Has Long-term Consequences
June 20, 2026 A new Study in Social Science & Medicine, which tracks over 15,000 Chinese over many years finds that early childhood exposure to famine is associated later in life with poorer cognition, arthritis, rhemitism, job loss and early retirement. The study by Qixin Zhu, E...
Strengthening Nutrition Action in “Field Exchange”
June 16, 2026 The latest (April 2026) edition of the "Field Exchange" journal, by the Irish Emergency Nutrition Network, about combatting malnutrition in e...
Salud (Health) Everywhere, a Valuable Educational Site
June 9, 2026 Hunger Notes recommends students and practitioners to refer to and read the website "Salud Everywhere", which is an expanding source about nutrition, humanitarian aid and health. See: ...
May 28 = World Hunger Day
May 28, 2026 May 28 was World Hunger day, inspiring many to take action to reduce malnutrition. The overarching theme for this year's global campaign is ...
New Food for Peace (FFP) Food Aid Programming by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
May 24, 2026 BACKGROUND: The primary way that the United States government, working with nonprofits, has fought hunger and malnutrition around the world has been through the U.S. Food for Peace program (originally Public...
New Lancet Commission Report about Health Conflict & Forced Displacement
May 21, 2026 The new study, Health in a World of Crises and Impunity, by the Johns Hopkins - Lancet Commission about Health, Conflict & Forced Displacement, was pub...
Action Against Hunger 10 Global Hunger Hot Spots
May 6, 2026 This year, as in the past, the international aid agency "Action Against Hunger" (also known as ACF, or Action Contre la Faim) released their annual hunger report, titled "1...
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