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Canada’s Food Guide is a political document. It does not represent those who are poor, culturally marginalized and most at risk for food insecurity.
What you remember of your last meal affects when and how much you eat next time around. Neuroscientists have now identified neurons in the brain’s hippocampus that are crucial to this process.
A new federal report on food insecurity on college campuses does a good job of laying out the scope of the problem but falls short when it comes to solutions.
After declining for nearly a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is growing again. Climate change, which is disrupting weather patterns that farmers rely on, is a major cause.
It’s one thing to come up with food security plans. But implementing them is tough.
Although nutritious, inexpensive food options do exist for low-income Canadians, whether those foods are easily accessible or feasible has long evaded both nutrition researchers and politicians.
Food insecurity among students can impair academic performance or even lead to some dropping out.
A new study has found breaking old and forming new habits is key in keeping weight off.
As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, rice plants produce fewer vitamins and other key nutrients. This could worsen hunger, malnutrition, child stunting and other diet-related health problems.
Missing a meal can certainly push you toward a bad mood. But new research identifies in what kind of situations hunger is most likely to tip toward hanger.
South Africa’s land reform debate must not lose sight of the real issue: how to provide enough food to feed its people.
Cutting the program formerly known as food stamps would hurt low-income Americans and the whole economy.
It’s hard to succeed in college if you’re hungry. But more than half of community college students don’t have access to affordable and healthy food. What difference can food scholarships make?
At present on the African continent, the politics of persuasion are especially consequential in the area of agri-food research and development.
Biofortification – enhancing the micronutrient concentration of staple crops – offers a sustainable solution to hidden hunger.
Despite Australia being considered the ‘lucky country’, 15% of us still experience food insecurity. Meanwhile, 40% of edible food is thrown away before it even reaches the market.
Congress is drafting the 2018 farm bill, which will guide agriculture, nutrition, trade and rural development policy. A former agriculture secretary explains how this bill reaches far beyond farms.
There were some African food security initiatives from 2017 that deserve a special mention for the precedent they set.
Losing weight is an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, as well as a prudent preventive measure. Beliefs that it’s harder to lose weight when diabetic are unfounded.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, Baylor University
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Social and Environmental Challenges, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Nutrition Science, Purdue University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Principle dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Scientist, University of Minnesota
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Professor and Head of Division Human Nutrition at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Public Health, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
