Hidden hunger / / Hans Konrad Biesalski ; translated by Patrick O'Mealy

• Autore: Biesalski Hans Konrad
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 612.391
• Soggetto topico: Food supply; Hunger; World health; Malnutrition
• Altri autori: O'MealyPatrick
• Note generali: English edition of "Der verborgene Hunger" (Springer Spektrum), 2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Hunger - a baseline study of the current situation -- Hidden hunger -- Causes of hidden hunger -- Trapped on the hunger carousel - generation after generation -- Quality comes with a price tag - the deadly triangle of economics, hunger and child development -- Ways out of the hunger crisis - making food security secure -- Strategies to combat hidden hunger.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hidden Hunger is an increasing problem even in developed countries, whose potential negative consequences on long-term health are often overlooked and underestimated. Chronic malnutrition is at the core of the global hunger challenge facing science, politics, and economics. In plain language and with moving examples, Hans K. Biesalski describes how hidden hunger affects human health long before malnutrition becomes obvious. Worldwide, over one third of deaths among children under 5 years of age is associated with malnutrition. As poverty is the main reason for hidden hunger, addressing this dire challenge requires long-term policies. Land grabbing and climate change seriously counteract a lot of efforts to overcome hidden hunger. This book is a highly impressive call to action. Investment in agriculture and in particular in small-scale farmers to improve subsistence farming are among the approaches suggested to reach a sustainable solution. The author is head of the department of biochemistry and nutrition and managing director of the Food Security Center at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He is a member of numerous advisory and expert groups for the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hidden hunger
• ISBN: 1-299-19774-4; 3-642-33950-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910437799003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II