Hunger : the biology and politics of starvation / John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press : Published by University Press of New England, c2010.Description: x, 337 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1584659262 : HRD
  • 9781584659266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.8 22
LOC classification:
  • HC79.F3 B88 2010
NLM classification:
  • 2010 M-487
Contents:
The silent emergency -- The framework of understanding -- The basics of nutrition -- The anatomy and physiology of nutrition -- Agriculture: the birth of civilization ... and famine -- Responses on the ground -- Responses: government and international --Responses to malnutrition -- Why do some people starve? -- Why do some people die? -- The biological basis for political behavior -- The right to food -- Best practices -- Prescription for change.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-321) and index.

The silent emergency -- The framework of understanding -- The basics of nutrition -- The anatomy and physiology of nutrition -- Agriculture: the birth of civilization ... and famine -- Responses on the ground -- Responses: government and international --Responses to malnutrition -- Why do some people starve? -- Why do some people die? -- The biological basis for political behavior -- The right to food -- Best practices -- Prescription for change.

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