Read more malnutrition stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21464/malnutrition.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:46:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62391/un-hunger-affects-record-1b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnited Nations food officials warn that a record 1 billion people worldwide aren't getting enough to eat, the BBC reports. The UN said the number of people affected by hunger—defined as getting less than 1,800 calories daily—has jumped by 100 million people over the last year because...http://www.newser.com/story/62391/un-hunger-affects-record-1b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 8:17:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53246/indias-boom-does-little-for-malnourished-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia’s economy has soared for a decade, but what its prime minister calls its “national shame” remains: malnourished, underdeveloped children, the New York Times reports. While growing China has cut its proportion of underweight children to 7%, India’s stands at 42.5%. Some say the government doesn’t put enough into...http://www.newser.com/story/53246/indias-boom-does-little-for-malnourished-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 10:22:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52600/desperate-hunger-plagues-n-korea-forces-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea has, in its words, an “eating problem”: unable to feed its residents, it has become the world’s first nuclear-armed “beggar,” the Washington Post reports. Malnutrition has led to a spate of mental and physical disabilities—a quarter of potential troops will be disqualified because of retardation, and boys...http://www.newser.com/story/52600/desperate-hunger-plagues-n-korea-forces-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 8:10:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34568/as-darfur-starves-sudan-exports-staples.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the UN trucks in food to millions of starving people in Darfur, Sudan is exporting important staple crops to other nations, the New York Times reports. Critics charge the government profits on big agribusiness while receiving more free food in aid than any other nation in the world. But...http://www.newser.com/story/34568/as-darfur-starves-sudan-exports-staples.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 Aug 2008 12:35:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33606/haitians-turn-to-mud-cakes-to-fill-empty-bellies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImpoverished Haitians have been reduced to living off mud cakes, the Guardian reports. The cakes of clay and water—long eaten by poor pregnant women seeking calcium—are increasingly the only food many families can afford. The global fuel and food crisis has hit Haiti, and half the population is...http://www.newser.com/story/33606/haitians-turn-to-mud-cakes-to-fill-empty-bellies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jul 2008 6:08:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32893/aid-worker-murders-cripple-somali-relief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAid workers are fleeing Somalia, even as global food prices soar and a full-blown famine is feared, in response to what officials say is an organized campaign of violence. Messages posted in the capital and sent to aid organizations threaten: “We know all the so-called aid workers. We promise to...http://www.newser.com/story/32893/aid-worker-murders-cripple-somali-relief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jul 2008 11:21:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26004/un-ready-to-tackle-hunger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is putting together a task force to deal with an "unprecedented" world crisis that's left 100 million without enough food, the BBC reports. Ban also called on donors to follow through on pledges for the World Food Program, saying only 62% of the $755...http://www.newser.com/story/26004/un-ready-to-tackle-hunger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Apr 2008 10:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24349/food-crisis-lurks-in-soaring-prices-says-imf-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising food prices may soon have dire global consequences with starving people rioting in the streets, warns the head of the International Monetary Fund. “Hundred of thousands of people will be starving,” he said yesterday at a meeting in Washington. “Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with consequences for all...http://www.newser.com/story/24349/food-crisis-lurks-in-soaring-prices-says-imf-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Apr 2008 9:44:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20807/hobbits-were-just-short-on-food-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a new volley in the back and forth over whether "hobbit" fossils found on an Indonesian island were a separate species, a research team says the remains are those of modern humans suffering from malnutrition-induced dwarfism. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can result in humans growing less than 3 feet...http://www.newser.com/story/20807/hobbits-were-just-short-on-food-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 CST