Forbes

UNICEF Child Food Poverty Report: Change Is Possible

In a new report, UNICEF examines the status, trends, inequities and drivers of child food poverty in early childhood — and how some countries are successfully addressing it. A mother feeds her ...
The Conversation

Food poverty at record levels – a children’s book on food banks shows how normal it has become

Dave Beck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Fox News

UN report says 27% of children under 5 live in severe food poverty, many in Africa

A report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's about 27% of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of more than ...
FoodNavigator

Higher food prices can lower poverty and spur production growth, research states

As the cost-of-living crisis sees sharp food price spikes squeeze household spend, a new study says increased food costs can reduce poverty and prompt agricultural action, spurring jobs and wage rises ...
New Atlas

Energy-efficient vertical farm to fight food poverty

Vertical farming has been suggested as a way to bring fresher food to urban dwellers while reducing the carbon footprint needed to grow and transport them, but a group of Carnegie Mellon University ...
CNN

How the pandemic brought a rising tide of hunger to Europe

Life wasn’t easy for Patricia, even before the pandemic hit. She struggled with mental health issues after fleeing an abusive relationship, moving herself and her children into an east London flat ...
Des Moines Register

It takes all of us to address food insecurity and poverty in Iowa

Michelle Book is president and CEO of Food Bank of Iowa. Summer may be the best season in Iowa, unless you are a child and are hungry. According to Feeding America, 1 in 6 Iowa children faces food ...
FoodNavigator

‘Children should have the right to a nutritious meal’: BNF spotlights the health impact of food poverty

Chronic food inequality is hurting the health outcomes of millions of children living in poverty. Experts speaking at the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) conference in London this week shone a ...
Forbes

5 Ways Trauma And Poverty Affect Childhood Development

Poverty, neglect, housing instability, violence, food insecurity and separation from parents all affect childhood development – and thus, lifelong health. Although children are born ready to learn and ...
The Conversation

We mapped out food poverty across England, to see where food banks are needed most

Dianna Smith has received funding from the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. Claire Thompson receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. Her previous research was funded by the ESRC and ...
Computer Weekly

ODI food poverty study shows black families and North East suffering most

A report on food poverty data from the Open Data Institute (ODI) has revealed that the North East of England and black families throughout the country are suffering most from food poverty. The ODI is ...