hunger

Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food, and the recurrent and involuntary lack of access to food. Hunger may be a consequence of food security. and may produce malnutrition over time. The Food and Agriculture Organizaton of the United Nations estimates that 963 million people are undernourished worldwide.

Bloggers continue to bring attention to the political and economic aspects of world hunger. You'll find them blogging about hunger issues at sites like End Hunger Blog, Freedom From Hunger, Blog World Hunger and Hunger Matters.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “hunger”

• in Lifestyle
  Hey You're Getting Fat, Try Eating Air for the Next 70 Years
  Prahlad Jani goes 70 years without food and proves it under scientific observation for two weeks
  by defianceofscience / on May 22, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “hunger”

 

• Mockingjay

  
  Teen Lit Review — Authority: 105
  Reviewed by : Rachel Title: Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Primary Audience/age group: 12 and up Genre: Science Fiction # Of pages: 398 Publisher: Scholastic Year of Release: 2010 Part of a Series?: 3 out of 3 the Hunger Games Series Rating: 2 ( View Scale ) Recommend? No Review of ...
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• Jitters over wheat prices spark memories of 2008 food crisis

  
  Oxfam America Blog — Authority: 120
  Members of the Jalala Womens Association work in one of their fields. Photo by Eva-Lotta Jansson/Oxfam America “People still remember what happened a few years ago,” the New York Times quoted an economist at the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization saying on Saturday as news of rising food ...
  5 hours ago

• Book Review: “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins

  
  Shari Writes — Authority: 100
  So this is a book I’ve been waiting to read for a long time (ever since I finished “Catching Fire).  It didn’t disappoint.  I have loved this series, even though when I describe the premise to people a lot of them are a little taken aback at first.  I mean, a story about choosing children [...]
  6 hours ago

• Your Every Day Decisions Can Help You Become a More Socially Conscious Shopper

  
  The CouponMountain Blog — Authority: 128
  In high school, I took every opportunity to volunteer. When I was 16, I spent every Sunday in the maternity wing at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. At age 19, I received a grant to assist a free legal clinic at the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University . After my ...
  7 hours ago

• Are HCG dangers really Dangerous?

  
  Vanillacokefans — Authority: 155
    All very low carry dangers. The HCG diet is no exception specially since it is more calorie restricted compared to others.  The question is how dangerous are HCG dangers?  Nobody has reason to fear the alleged HCG dangers which some who do not know better say include severe muscle loss, vomiting, swelling of ...
  10 hours ago

• Do You Make Your Kids Clean Their Plates?

  
  Babies Online The Blog — Authority: 422
  My grandfather was a child during the Great Depression. When he is presented with a plate of food he eats it all, right down to sopping up juices with a piece of bread if necessary. That’s just the way he was brought up; you don’t waste the food given to you because nothing should be wasted. As a child he didn’t ...
  10 hours ago

• Unlocking ‘Mockingjay’: The Literary Alchemy

  
  Hogwarts Professor — Authority: 442
  This is the second part of a three part ‘Unlocking’ series on the more esoteric, allegorical meanings of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy with special emphasis on the series finale, Mockingjay . For the first part, see ‘ Unlocking Mockingjay : The Spiritual Allegory .’ We left yesterday’s ...
  11 hours ago

• Food Sovereignty in Venezuela

  
  Climate and Capitalism — Authority: 132
  How Venezuela is transforming its economy and empowering its citizens thru nine distinct features of Social Production Enterprises – the antidote to neoliberalism. An important report examines the achievements and challenges of Venezuela’s fight for popular control over food production. It is ...
  13 hours ago

• Online brainteaser helps send rice to Pakistan

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 632
  Source: Reuters ROME, Sept 8 (Reuters Life!) -Help for millions affected by the recent floods in Pakistan may be coming from an unusual source: an online vocabulary game that feeds the hungry. Freerice.com, which ...
  13 hours ago

• China steps up: In North Korea food is our friend as US increases sanctions and China and South Korea give food, that works!

  
  An Average American Patriot — Authority: 132
  Kim Jong Il has been starving his people to death for decades so he could build his massive military and play with nuclear weapons, missiles, and other advanced weapons. You know I have been very concerned about North Korea and her Shenanigans as she was firing missiles testing nuclear weapons and as a matter of ...
  13 hours ago

• Hunger Action Month Way of the Day: It’s Double Dollar Deal Day!

  
  Capital Area Food Bank of Texas Blog — Authority: 127
  You can double your donation dollars by asking your company to match charitable gifts.  Some companies will even triple your donation, or donate if you volunteer with us. Check with your Human Resources department to get more details. Here’s a list of companies with matching gift programs to the Food Bank. ...
  17 hours ago

• Food Capitalism and Global Warming Produces Starvation and Food Riots

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority:
  Raj Patel, September 4, 2010 Food Rebellions: Mozambicans Know Which Way the Wind Blows It has been a summer of record temperatures – Japan had its hottest summer on record.[1] Same with South Florida and New York.[2] Meanwhile, Pakistan and Niger are flooded, and the Eastern US is mopping up after Hurricane ...
  20 hours ago

• Review of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Spoilers)

  
  Mindful Musings — Authority: 436
  With Mockingjay , I decided to do my review a little differently than I normally do. Like my friend Amelia over at Imagination in Focus , Im going to do start my review of Mockingjay by doing a brief analysis of what I expected vs. what actually happened . **Warning: For those of you who have not read ...
  20 hours ago

• University of Phoenix holds actual and virtual food drive

  
  Change the World — Authority: 122
  Unless you’ve been living abroad in a news blackout the past two years, you know that the number of Americans who are struggling to put nutritious food on the table is at an all-time high. And thanks to the speculative real-estate market — and its subsequent collapse — Central Florida is one of the nation’s ...
  22 hours ago

• Mockingjay!

  
  Under a Blood Red Sky — Authority: 100
  Well, Im back! Actually, Ive been reading and reviewing, but mostly for HNS in the past month. This is the first book (purchased through Amazon) that Ive been able to post a review on my blog for in a while, and its a doozy! Im noticing the polarizing reviews over on the big A; amazing how some people get so bent when ...
  22 hours ago

• Wednesday Night #1488

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 136
  Note that the 30th iteration of the West Wing (Vancouver) also takes place on Wednesday, September 8 - it’s always interesting to compare and contrast our respective agendas, although we suspect that Alexandra exerts more control over adherence. Despite the arrival of our favorite time of the year which, in our ...
  23 hours ago

• New Directors Vie for ‘Hunger Games’

  
  The Film Stage — Authority: 577
  I recently reported that Lionsgate is searching for a director to helm the Hunger Games , a YA phenomenon that Lionsgate hopes will rival the success of the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises. Early reports said that David Slade ( Hard Candy and Twilight: Eclipse ), Gary Ross ( ...
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• Unlocking ‘Mockingjay’: The Spiritual Allegory

  
  Hogwarts Professor — Authority: 442
  It’s been almost two weeks now since we started the contemplative “slow mining” of Mockingjay , the thoughtful digging that John Ruskin said fine art required to come to the gold and jewels beneath its surface. The conversation for the most part has focused on the surface narrative features, i.e., ...
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• Guest Post: Is Hunger Games an NRA Advertisement? Mockingjay Discussion Point 29

  
  Hogwarts Professor — Authority: 442
  Tim Schock thinks Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins is making a pro-gun statement inside her ‘horrors of war’ piece. Prepare to be “schocked” if you think Mockingjay is an argument for gun-control; here are the passages from the text that suggest Ms. Collins is telling us the only way to keep the Capitol ...
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• Portuguese-born businessman on hunger strike demanding Venezuelan government not seize land

  
  Washington Examiner — Authority: 503
  A Portuguese-born businessman has been on a hunger strike for three days demanding the Venezuelan government not seize land where he runs a metalworking business.
  1 day ago

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