hunger

Invited to the North Pole by Santa Claus, Dewey and the other Doo-its learn of a hungry family in New York City that wants food, not toys, for Christmas, and they work together to find a way to help. Includes facts about Feed The Children and its founder, Larry Jones.

Presents a global view of nutrition, focusing on the influence of poverty on food production and consumption in the developing and the developed worlds, and looking at what is being done to address the problem.

Describes how different kinds of food provide needed nutritional fuel for the human body and how the process of digestion works.

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, Jean Ziegler analyzes the scope of the globe's food crisis.

Contains twenty-seven articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to food, addressing questions about the safety of America's food supply, how farms should be operated, the causes of obesity, and how hunger can be reduced.

Discusses the issue of world hunger--its causes, effects, and what can be done to stop it.

Studies the political, social, and scientific-technical reasons for world food shortages, and focuses on possible approaches to increasing food production.

Provides information about hunger and homelessness to students in grades six and up, looks at what young people are doing to fight the problems, offers advice on how kids can become involved in efforts to combat hunger and homelessness in their communities, and includes examples.

Discusses hunger in the world and presents activities children and their families can engage in to alleviate it.

Examines world hunger in the twenty-first century and provides statistics on its severity in underdeveloped countries, some of the causes of hunger, relief programs, the effects of war and conflict upon nations in distress, and how the hunger cycle can be broken.