Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent the widest commitment in history to addressing global poverty and ill health. The fourth goal (MDG-4) commits the international community to reducing mortality in children aged younger than 5 years by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. The first goal (MDG-1) pertaining to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty includes prevalence of underweight childre...

It is generally agreed that making progress towards eradicating hunger worldwide is a moral obligation for the richer countries of the world. The instrument known as food aid is widely regarded as an important vehicle for providing assistance to needy countries. However, fresh debates in the present Doha round of WTO negotiations have brought a renewed interest in food aid issues. The Doha roun...

Ten studies link hunger to reduced self-control. Higher levels of hunger—as assessed by self-report, time since last eating, or physiology—predicted reduced self-control, as indicated by increased racial prejudice, (hypothetical) sexual infidelity, passivity, accessibility of death thoughts and perceptions of task difficulty, as well as impaired Stroop performance and decreased self-monitoring....

Launched in January 2003 by President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva at the outset of his mandate, Brazil’s Zero Hunger Programme (Programa Fome Zero – PFZ), aimed to bring about a rapid reduction in the huge number of families suffering from hunger and malnutrition, and to begin to address the underlying causes of chronic hunger. This report traces the evolution of Fome Zero, seeking to draw lesson...

Measuring hunger and satiety in children is essential to many studies of childhood eating behaviour. Few validated measures currently exist that allow children to make accurate and reliable ratings of hunger/satiety. Three studies aimed to validate the use of a new categorical rating scale in the context of estimated and real eating episodes. Forty-seven 6- to 8-year-olds participated in Study ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inuit populations may be at increased risk for experiencing poor nutrition or hunger due to limited access and availability to food. The prevalence and correlates of parental perceptions of hunger among a nationally representative sample of Inuit children in Canada have not yet been reported. DESIGN Data are from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey (ACS). Sociodemo...

OBJECTIVE To describe the history and current status of household food security measurement. CONCLUSIONS In the 1980s evidence of rising levels of hunger was a concern for many, but disputed by some, Americans. Acknowledgement and quantification of hunger was hindered by the lack of an accepted definition and measure of hunger. Qualitative research at Cornell provided a conceptual framework, ...