Sentences with phrase «include food insecurity»

This can subsequently «contribute to existing problems — including food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty, the spread of disease, rapid urbanization, and political instability — in areas of the world that already struggle with some of these issues.»

Based on Lester Brown's latest book, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, the presentation lays out the threats facing our civilization, including food insecurity and climate change, and presents the Plan B proposals for solving them.

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The study, titled Impossible Choices, spoke to almost 200 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 in 20 focus groups across 10 different communities — including big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as rural areas like rural North Carolina and eastern Oregon — who were members of families facing poverty and food insecurity.

By collaborating on a wide scope of research, including development of better rice varieties, strengthening of rice - based farming systems, and improvement of crop cultivation practices, Bangladesh continues to raise its level of rice production and minimize the intensity of food insecurity during major flooding and monsoons.

Highlights from last year's summit included developing school breakfast menus, communication training sessions, and food and nutrition insecurity problem solving; there were lots of opportunities to get moving, including a dance - off and a sing - a-long, and of course there were visits from NFL players from the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, the Carolina Panthers, and more.

In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.»

(a) Systematically collect data on food security and nutrition for children, including those relevant to breast - feeding, overweight and obesity, in order to identify root causes of child food insecurity and malnutrition;

Food insecurity — even marginal food security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressFood insecurity — even marginal food security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressfood security (a less severe level of hardship often not included as food insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depressfood insecurity)-- is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems among adults and older adults, including fair or poor health status, diabetes, obesity (primarily among women), hypertension, and depression.

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Brown, the governor of California, pushed for including $ 7.5 million in the state budget last year to address food insecurity on college campuses.

The NHF, one of 18 - country - based, pooled funds which allows donors to pool their contributions for a stronger and timelier response to the needs of those most affected by the ongoing crisis, including millions who face a high risk of food insecurity and disease outbreaks.

«During the past three years of armed conflict, Yemenis have been continuously exposed to serious harm and trauma, including air strikes, threats and attacks from armed groups, forced disappearances, torture, a cholera epidemic, and food and job insecurity,» said Farea Al - Muslimi, a prominent Yemeni scholar and chairman of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies.

The groundbreaking and far - reaching educational recommendations for climate change and health curricula aim to expand the numbers of health professionals equipped to recognize and respond to the health challenges of a warming climate, including deadly heat waves, flooding, air pollution, and wildfires; greater spread of disease vectors like ticks and mosquitos; and growing food and drinking water insecurity.

This book provides a thorough assessment of the factors that influence global food insecurity, including rising energy prices, water scarcity, increased biofuel use, and expanding populations.

Food insecurity, lack of access to health care (including international food aid), and social, cultural, and economic class, all play a major role in explaining the prevalence of under - nutritFood insecurity, lack of access to health care (including international food aid), and social, cultural, and economic class, all play a major role in explaining the prevalence of under - nutritfood aid), and social, cultural, and economic class, all play a major role in explaining the prevalence of under - nutrition.

The report also reiterates that poverty engenders numerous related disadvantages, including growing up in single - parent homes, being exposed to toxins that lead to health issues, food insecurity, and unstable housing and parental employment, to name a few.

In fact, war in the Congo has directly resulted in crisis level food insecurity (= increased demand for meat from killing forest animals including bonobos), countless numbers of displaced people who pose added burdens on demand for food, rife levels of corruption and mismanagement, immeasurable but vast numbers of weapons and munitions distributed across the country, large - scale break down of traditional taboos that may have locally protected some populations of bonobos, and much, much more.

In urban and rural areas, wage - labor - dependent poor households that are net buyers of food are expected to be particularly affected due to food price increases, including in regions with high food insecurity and high inequality (particularly in Africa), although the agricultural self - employed could benefit.

The Asian region also faces a range of climate impacts, including extreme heat, imperiled drinking water resources, and accelerated sea - level rise, which can lead to widespread population displacement, food insecurity, and costly damage to coastal cities and towns.

Through well - chosen quotes, and stunning photographs, this largely visual presentation documents the realities and role of burgeoning human numbers on a broad variety of important areas including the destruction of wildlife and natural systems, air and water pollution, food insecurity and climate change.

In February, UN World Food Programme Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, estimates that 10 million people, including more than one million children, in the Sahel are at risk of food insecurity due to drouFood Programme Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, estimates that 10 million people, including more than one million children, in the Sahel are at risk of food insecurity due to droufood insecurity due to drought.

The RUAF network was initiated in response to the needs identified by a group of representatives from 28 international organisations, including UNDP, FAO, IDRC, GTZ and CIRAD, that met in Ottawa (Canada) in 1994 and recognised the need to address the increasing «urbanisation of poverty» and growing urban food insecurity related to urban - rural migration, lack of formal employment, rising food prices, growing dependence on food imports, increasing dominance of supermarkets and fast food chains, and challenges posed by climate change.

Major vulnerabilities induced from climatic hazards include human displacement, drinking water shortages, reduced agricultural productivity and food insecurity, loss of livelihoods, health hazards, energy crises, and disasters.

Anna Taylor, of the Stockholm Environment Institute in Oxford has no PhD at all, her research focuses on «stakeholder engagement in adapting to multiple stresses, including climate variability and change, water scarcity, food insecurity and health concerns» — not climate science, and has simply not been alive long enough to join the ranks of the specialists of specialisms that Dessler demands of sceptics.

At or above 4C, the risks include substantial species extinction, global and regional food insecurity, and fundamental changes to human activities that today are taken for granted.»

These numbers do not include local populations in host communities who — themselves suffering from food insecurity and limited access to basic social services and infrastructure — would also benefit from humanitarian interventions under the agency's inclusive support strategy.

These impacts include higher rates of violence, food and housing insecurity, spiritual harms, and inadequate law enforcement and provision of social services.

These statistics include state - level data on poverty, participation in SNAP (3SquaresVT), TANF (Reach Up), Medicaid (Dr. Dynasaur), the Free and Reduced Price School Meals Program, and households with food insecurity.