September 2012 - Food and Nutrition
Saving Lives in Africa with the Sweet Potato
Image: Flickr/Natalie Maynore
Public health experts have found an innovative way to help people get more vitamin A and micronutrients into their diets - and a new campaign in Uganda and Mozambique shows that it's working.
Through an approach called biofortification, scientists have been able to develop more vitamin-rich varieties of staple foods that people already eat, such as corn, rice, and sweet potato. For malnourished children especially, these extra nutrients will substantially reduce the death rate.
Through an approach called biofortification, scientists have been able to develop more vitamin-rich varieties of staple foods that people already eat, such as corn, rice, and sweet potato. For malnourished children especially, these extra nutrients will substantially reduce the death rate.
Book: Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Photo: Peter Menzel. Used with permission.
This book was published a few years ago, but the information is still very current today.
From the Daily Kos: "Traveling to 24 countries, from Greenland, Chad, and Japan to Germany, Guatemala, and the United States, photographer Peter Menzel and wife Faith D'Aluisio took pictures of 30 families accompanied by a careful display of a week's worth of food. Chronicling the enormous differences in eating habits between industrial and developing countries, each section includes a family portrait, along with their groceries, and a listing of how much was spent in each food group."
Read the book: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel and Faith D"Aluisio
It's "arrivederci" to fast food, as Italians return to traditional recipes and homemade food in an effort to save money in hard times.
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Image: Flickr/Adam Baker
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