Hunger and Technology

Prevalence and intensity of food insecurity (hunger and hidden hunger aspects) in AsadAbadi region of Tabriz

Background: Food insecurity and hunger not only affect physical health, but also have social and psychological effects. Therefore, providing food security for society is one of the major goals of social and economical development programs. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of food insecurity at North West of Tabriz as a population sample of East Azerb...

Hunger and Malnutrition

Children, Hunger, and Poverty.

This column started out to highlight hunger in American children. But one quickly finds that you cannot discuss hunger without its partner, poverty, since hunger is principally caused by poverty. We also discovered in 2006 the twenty-first century lexicon term of food insecurity. While hunger in the sense of “the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food”(Oxford English Dictionary 1971...

Hunger and Malnutrition

Symbiosis and Attachment Hunger

This article examines the notion of symbiosis as it was originally presented (Schiff & Schiff, 1971). It is suggested that there has been a largely unstated assumption as to what symbiosis actually is: that is, it has referred to the notion of attachment. Recognizing this assumption allows for a more accurate definition of symbiosis. In addition, it brings into question the notion of stimulus h...