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Focus on hunger and malnutrition
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Acknowledgements 2Introduction 8
Section I
Focus on hunger and malnutrition
Chapter 1 Reworking the global food system 10
Box 1.1 Te voices of the hungry 12Figure 1.1 Where do the hungry live? 14Figure 1.2 Undernourishment data versus the MDG target 15Figure 1.3 Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 1: Hunger target 15Box 1.2 Global aspirations, still unmet 16Box 1.3 Human rights to water and sanitation 17Box 1.4 India’s food security law will not feed the hungry 20Box 1.5 Saving seeds and speaking out: the women of Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India 22
Chapter 2 Stunted lives: the disaster of undernutrition 36
Figure 2.1 Countries with the highest prevalence of childhood stunting 38Box 2.1 Questions of definition 38Box 2.2 Te ‘double burden’ of malnutrition 40Figure 2.2 Causes of child malnutrition 45