2014-11-25 Group Claims Gender Equality Will End Hunger, Poverty
A Christian aid group says problems like hunger, malnutrition and poverty cannot be solved until and unless women are treated as well as men. The group Bread for the World…
2014-10-18 Report: Two Billion Suffer from ‘Hidden Hunger’
The latest Global Hunger Index report estimates two billion people worldwide suffer from “hidden hunger.” People who suffer from hidden hunger have enough to eat, but the quality of their…
2014-09-07 Hunger Threatens One in Seven Americans
The United States Department of Agriculture just released a report on the problems that Americans have getting food. The report says that one in seven U.S. families last year did…
2014-05-10 Neglected Crops in Africa Could Help Ease Hunger
Hello again, and welcome to As It Is! I’m Jonathan Evans in Washington. On our program today, we tell how a new law in the United States may help hundreds…
2013-07-22 United Nations tries to feed millions in strife-torn Syria
From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. I’m Steve Ember. Today, we tell about how the United Nations World Food Program is trying to help feed millions of…
2013-03-25 Hunger is bad for your health
Hello and welcome to another “As It Is” program. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we examine your health. Doctors say you have got to get up out of that…
2016-03-30 Asian Children Face Hunger and Obesity
Asian children are becoming increasingly under-nourished or obese, a new report says. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) joint report was released Monday. The…
2008-01-23 Hunger Blamed for a Third of Deaths in Children Under 5
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New research says thirty-five percent of all child deaths worldwide are caused by undernutrition — hunger. The Lancet, the British medical magazine,…