Malnutrition

In the article, “the Politics of Hunger, Paul Collier discussed the food price crisis and how it was stemmed from the increased demand of food in Asian countries. The increase of demand was connected to three problems: the failure to promote commercial farming, specifically in Africa, the ban against genetically modified organisms in the European Union, and the usage of American grains to produce ethanol instead of food. Collier statement brought out different points of controversy. According to…

“We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.” (President Franklin D. Roosevelt) Although the quote above was given in 1940, the sentiment is applicable to this modern day. In the United States of America, rights are given to citizens and protected predominantly by the Bill of Rights, however, some are found throughout…

Approximately one in three people living in Sub-Saharan Africa are undernourished and more than ninety percent are suffering. Poor nutrition causes nearly forty five percent of deaths in children under the age of five and three point one million children die each year. This is becoming a significant issue for the whole planet. However, it is globally within our power to prevent something bad from happening in Africa. We are one world and to say it's just happening in Africa would be false it's…

Poverty is a serious issue in Uganda. The hungrier a person is, the less productive he or she can be. Children that are born in the families who are always hungry are more likely to suffer from low birth weight. People are not hungry due to lack of food, rather they are hungry and do not have the money to pay for food. The houses they live in do not suit their living conditions. Every day, thousands of people die simply because of poverty. In many African countries, one major reason is the…

The Grapes of Wrath - an Honest Review The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Published by The Viking Press-James Lloyd on April 14, 1939 is truly a literary masterpiece. This book undoubtedly amazes me. The plot and characters make this novel action-packed and breathtaking. The story is about a farmer and sharecropper named Tom Joad and his family’s struggle during the Dust Bowl. Life is difficult during this time, and sharecroppers in the Midwest have trouble keeping food “at the table”.…

This weekend, November 20th-22nd I worked a poverty simulation through Mission Waco. I first went through the poverty simulation during my first semester at Baylor with my Poverty in Developing Countries class taught by Janet Dorrell. I have been learning about the causes and effects of poverty for about a year now, but for the first time I was able to look at poverty through a different perspective as I looked for ways in which it affects education. The first portion of the poverty simulation…

Service Project- Angel Tree The purpose of Angel Tree is to ensure that every child on Christmas morning has a present to open. Christmas is a time for giving and project Angel Tree is just one of the many ways people can give back to their community. The gift donated to project Angel Tree are given to children in the local community whose parents cannot financially provide them with a gift. Families in need sign up for Angel Tree, and then people in the community are able to “adopt” that child.…

Addressing Food Insecurity in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point Understanding risk factors of a community can help identify how to address any health concerns affecting that community. In San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point, a main concern of the community is high rates of obesity and food insecurity, which may be followed by food deserts in many neighborhoods. This paper will analyze how where one lives can affect one’s health and the public health approach to help solve this problem.…

Rickets is an extremely rare skeletal disease that softens and weakens the bones in children. When diagnosing rickets, the doctors usually see a delay in growth, bowing of the legs, weakness, and pain in the spine, pelvis and leg regions. Rickets develops when calcium cannot be absorbed so the body has to get the calcium from the bones which causes the bones to not mineralize. Rickets doesn’t discriminate; it affects children of all different races and genders. Rickets did not only affect the…

The Inequalities of Living Conditions Before the French Revolution Before the French Revolution, normal people’s life quality was so bad that they could barely survive. They had low income and had to spend most of it paying taxes and purchasing bread in order to stay alive. In 1787, even the bread was too expensive for them to afford which meant probable starvation. A traveller, Arthur Young, noted that, “The price of bread had risen above people’s ability to afford. This caused great misery”…