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Many people report exercise makes them incredibly hungry. Here’s what might be going on.
Ethiopia’s protected areas conserve almost 10% of the country, but new research has found that people living near nature reserves may be more likely to go hungry.
Strategies to reduce harmful thoughts about food that are persistent, intrusive and distressing can help people better cope with “food noise.”
Agency is the single most important factor shaping women’s dietary quality, not food availability or household income.
The key reason why the simple act of eating becomes so unappealing in the heat is because the body is working to avoid overheating.
New research shows hunger can make us imagine tastes more vividly – helping explain those powerful cravings that lead to bad choices.
Thankfully, it’s possible to get over your ‘ick.’
Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the idea of limited growth in the modern era.
Millions of people in west Africa and the Sahel region face starvation.
For 50 years, St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia has served the poorest and most vulnerable people in Kensington.
Research reveals the brain processes that make some people much less prone to sudden food-related mood swings.
The expansion of global food supply chains can reduce food security, while improving regional food systems can improve food security.
A new report shows that food security is in danger around the world.
Between rhetoric and practice, the country faces contradictions that today fuel hunger, accelerate deforestation and undermine our climate future.
As the government shutdown wore on in October, calls began surging, signaling that Americans are very concerned about paying their bills and feeding their families.
Intermittent fasting can have health benefits, but does being hungry affect our cognitive abilities? Here’s what all the evidence tells us.
Acute malnutrition weakens a child’s immune system, which can lead to severe illness and an increased risk of death.
While sanctions aim to punish regimes, they often punish citizens instead.
Going hungry sometimes or often has become increasingly common for many New Zealanders. Solutions need to be targeted to individual or household circumstances.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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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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Professor of Economics, Baylor University
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researcher, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, Indiana University
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Principle dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Nutrition Science, Purdue University
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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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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Research Program Coordinator, Food Insecurity, University of Toronto
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town