- America's Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest is dedicated to distributing food and services to the hungry and to those in need within the U.S.
http://www.secondharvest.org/
(Added: Fri Oct 11 2002)
- Bread for the World
Endorsed by former president Jimmy Carter, Bread for the World is a Christian organization devoted to ending hunger worldwide.
http://www.bread.org/
(Added: Fri Oct 11 2002)
- CARE - USA
This is the USA homepage for CARE, an organization devoted to combating global poverty.
http://www.care.org/index.asp?from=globalhome
(Added: Fri Oct 11 2002)
- FAO Plan of Action for Nutrition
The FAO describes the nature of undernutrition worldwide and outlines a plan to help ameliorate this extensive problem.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/U9920t/u9920t0b.htm
(Added: Fri Apr 02 2004)
- Focus - Undernourishment Around the World
The FAO provides startling and sobering statistics and information on the status of international nutrition. Click on the links to pages on “Nutritional Status and Vulnerability,” “Dynamics of Change,” and “The Way Ahead.”
http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/SOFI/under-e.htm
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
- Food and Agriculture Organization
This is the main site for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an organization dedicated to eradicating world hunger.
http://www.fao.org/
(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006)
- Food for the Hungry
Food for the Hungry is an organization with a religious basis that aims to help reduce starvation worldwide.
http://www.fh.org/
(Added: Fri Oct 11 2002)
- Hunger, Health and Society
The United Nations University provides access to this lecture on nutrition interventions and the process of economic development, followed by more pages on the connections between malnourished peoples and lack of economic development.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F051e/8F051E02.htm
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
- Kwashiorkor
MedlinePlus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, provides this page describing one form of malnutrition.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001604.htm
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
- Malnutrition.
From the Merck Manual, this site includes malnutrition and undernutrition in relation to topics such as infancy and childhood, pregnancy and lactation, old age, and alcoholism.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section1/chapter2/2a.htm
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
- Marasmus
From e-Medicine, this page describes one form of malnutrition that affects many young children in developing countries.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic164.htm
(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006)
- Oxfam America
Tackling situations as diverse as disaster assistance and equality for women, Oxfam America “is committed to finding lasting solutions global poverty, hunger, and social injustice.”
http://www.oxfamamerica.org
(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006)
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