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Within our grasp : childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolution taking place to end it / by Russell, Sharman Apt,author.(CARDINAL)757396;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: This blue marble spinning in darkness -- Humans have been hungry for a long time -- A few acapella angels -- Do no harm -- Our beautiful nutritional revolution -- A modest little factory -- People are ready for a reformed capitalism -- We stare into the periodic table -- A holistic approach -- Tikondane -- The struggle of this existence -- We now define a third of us as malnourished -- Vitamin A helps them see better -- Point, counterpoint -- She has a life all her own -- Chiponde is for the child -- The next generation RUTF -- Let's keep talking money -- Elephants -- Success stories -- A time in which men, spirits, and animals lived in harmony -- Who we are."An important, hopeful book that looks at the urgent problem of childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolutionary progress being made to end it. From the much-admired writer of luminous prose and humane heart, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing. A healthy Earth requires healthy children. Yet nearly one fourth of the world's children--one in four--are stunted physically and mentally due to a lack of food or nutrients. These children do not die but endure a lifetime of diminished potential. In the past thirty years, writes Sharman Russell in Within Our Grasp, we have seen a revolution in how we treat these sick children, and how, with a new understanding of the human body and approach to nutrition, along with new ways to reach out to hungry mothers and babies, we have gone from unwittingly killing the severely malnourished child to bringing him/her back to health through a "miracle" ready-to-eat therapeutic food. Intertwined with stories of scientists and nutrition experts on the front lines of finding a means of putting an end to malnutrition for good, Russell writes of her travels to Malawi, one of the poorest and least-developed countries in the world (80% of Malawians are farmers subsisting on less than an acre, coping with erratic weather patterns due to global warming, with 50% living below the poverty line and 42% of children being affected by lack of food or nutrients), the site of pathbreaking, cutting-edge research into childhood malnutrition. As she writes of her personal exploration of new friendships and insights in a country known as "the warm heart of Africa," Russell describes the programs that are working best to reduce childhood stunting and explores how feeding and malnutrition of our children are connected to climate change; how vitamins and minerals are preventing these harmful effects; why the empowerment of women is the most effective single factor in eliminating childhood malnutrition; and what the costs are of ending childhood malnutrition"--
Subjects: Malnutrition in children.; Malnutrition in children; Malnutrition in children; Malnutrition in children; Food relief;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Oversight hearing on the administration's 1983 budget proposals for child nutrition : hearing before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, hearing held in New York, N.Y., on March 22, 1982. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Education and Labor.Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education.(CARDINAL)267485;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Children; Malnutrition in children; National school lunch program.; School children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Five fingers [videorecording] / by Hall, Dolly.; Kesselman, Josh.; Reynolds, Kelley F.; Malkin, Laurence.; Rosenfelt, Adam.; Fishburne, Laurence,1961-; Sugland, Helen.; Merjos, Stavros.; Thumann, Chad.(CARDINAL)544312; Phillippe, Ryan,1974-; Torres, Gina.; Haoud, Touriya.; Taghmaoui, Saïd.(CARDINAL)799282; Meaney, Colm,1953-(CARDINAL)824699; Reid, Vernon.; Cinema Gypsy Productions.; Element Films (Firm); L.I.F.T. Productions.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)(CARDINAL)340342; Parabolic Pictures (Firm);
Director of photography, Alexander Gruszynski ; editors, Maureen Meulen, Herman P. Koerts ; music composer, Vernon Reid.Laurence Fishburne, Ryan Phillippe, Gina Torres, Touriya Haoud, Said Taghmaoui, Colm Meaney.Martijn is an idealistic Dutch pianist who travels to Morocco to help start a food bank program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under the threat of death, Martijn engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat who is trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate.MPAA rating: R; torture, violence and language including sexual references.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Pianists; Malnutrition in children; Food banks; Kidnapping victims; Torture victims;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A house without windows / by Ellison, Marc,author,photographer,videographer.; Kassa, Didier,illustrator.;
"By the delicate hand of Didier Kassaï (Storm Over Bangui) comes a comic book documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photo and illustration. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition. The 2013 conflict only exacerbated this situation. The Central African Republic has become what many call a house without windows. Through illustrations and photos, this comic takes you into the heart of this forgotten crisis. With Central African artist Didier Kassai and British photojournalist Marc Ellison as your guides, watch children at work in a diamond mine, observe life in a refugee camp, and meet the street children of Bangui."--Amazon.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Children; Children; Civil war; Street children; Children.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ghosts from the nursery : tracing the roots of violence / by Karr-Morse, Robin.(CARDINAL)782456; Wiley, Meredith S.(CARDINAL)643441;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-347) and index.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ghosts from the nursery -- 2. Grand central : early brain anatomy and violence -- 3. Before we knew it : prenatal exposure to drugs and malnutrition -- 4. Love's labor lost : adverse experiences in the womb and at birth -- 5. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick : the disruptive behavior disorders -- 6. Tea for two : the role of temperament -- 7. Baby, get your gun : the impact of trauma and head injury -- 8. The hand that rocks : the impact of early emotional deprivation -- 9. Where's poppa? -- 10. All the king's horses -- 11. And still we wait -- Appendix A. Factors in early childhood associated with violent behavior that can be reduced by prevention -- Appendix B. Myths about the human brain -- Appendix C. Behavioral effects following prenatal drug exposure -- Appendix D. The primary prevention of violence : a continuum of programs -- Appendix E. Resources.
Subjects: Violence in children; Problem children; Children with social disabilities; Infants; Child psychopathology; Juvenile delinquency; Violent crimes;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Hunger in America, its effects on children and families, and implications for the future : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, May 8, 1991. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Agriculture.Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.(CARDINAL)267489;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Food relief; Children; Malnutrition;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rescuing Riley, saving myself : a man and his dog's struggle to find salvation / by Anderegg, Zak.(CARDINAL)405137; Nelson, Peter,1953-(CARDINAL)765828;
Includes bibliographical references (page 173).Hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. For much of Anderegg's childhood, he was at the bottom of a veritable canyon himself-- a canyon whose imprisoning depth and darkness was created by bullies who just wouldn't quit and parents who weren't capable of love. Riley had three shotgun pellets embedded beneath his skin, teeth turned permanently black from malnutrition. In rescuing him, Anderegg was conquering the currents of cruelty that swelled beneath his own life and always threatened to drown him.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Anderegg, Zak.; Anderegg, Zak; Abused children; Bullying; Dog owners; Dog rescue; Dog rescue; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Salvation.; Bullying.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The first 1,000 days : a crucial time for mothers and children--and the world / by Thurow, Roger,author.(CARDINAL)495748;
Includes bibliographical references (259-262) and index."Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists has been inspired to re-think old approaches to 'feeding the world.' The new target in the assault on malnutrition: the first 1,000 days of a child's life, starting from gestation. Proper nutrition during the 1,000 days can profoundly influence an entire life, particularly an individual's ability to grow, learn and work. It can also determine a society's long-term health and prosperity. The 1,000 days is where everyone starts out equal, and where the world's inequalities begin. On Sept. 21, 2010, during the United Nations General Assembly, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined with her counterpart in the Irish government to launch the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) initiative. It demanded national leaders across the world to commit to the 1,000 days and work together across issues and sectors to improve nutrition. "There is a unique convergence of the science and research about what works and what needs to be invested in," Clinton said. "It is now time for us to get into action." By the end of 2013, 45 countries in the developing world embraced SUN, and nearly 100 humanitarian organizations joined in partnership. In 1,000 Days, award-winning journalist and world hunger advocate Roger Thurow examines the importance of the 1,000 days and the progress of the new global movement to end early childhood malnutrition. Thurow zeroes in on particular initiatives involving a small group of mothers and children in four diverse places--a small village in northern Uganda, Uttar Pradesh in India, Quetzaltenango in the western highlands of Guatemala, and Chicago, Illinois"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Infants; Infants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Enough : why the world's poorest starve in an age of plenty / by Thurow, Roger.(CARDINAL)495748; Kilman, Scott.(CARDINAL)495749;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Seeds of change : Mexico, 1944 -- Flow and ebb : Oslo, Norway, 1970 -- Into Africa : Northern Ethiopia, 1984 -- Good for the goose, bad for the gander : Fana, Mali, 2002 -- Glut and punishment : Adami Tulu, ethiopia, 2003 -- Who's aiding whom? : Nazareth, Ethiopia, 2003 -- Water, water everywhere : Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2003 -- A diet of worms : Sudan, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, 2003 -- Resorting to outrage -- "We can do something about this" : Dublin and Seattle -- Take with food : Mosoriot, Kenya -- Two steps forward, two steps back : around the world -- The missing links : Kenya and Ghana -- The opening bell : Chicago to Addis Ababa to Qacha's nek -- Getting down to business : Davos, Switzerland -- Small acts, big impacts : Kenya, Ohio, and Malawi -- "We must not fail them" : Washington, D.C.For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year--most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought, or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Thurow & Kilman show exactly how, in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to keep Africa hungry and unable to feed itself.--From publisher description.
Subjects: International cooperation.; Poverty.; Poverty; Poverty; Poverty; Starvation.; Starvation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Penguin state of the world atlas / by Smith, Dan.(CARDINAL)221532; Lewis, Isabelle(Cartographer)(CARDINAL)373874;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-142) and index.
Subjects: Atlases.; Maps.; Economic geography; Social history; Quality of life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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