LEADER 00000pam 2200361 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20210401105827.3 008 200923s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2020043676 020 9781524747244|q(hardcover) 040 IEN/DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 f-mw--- 082 04 362.19639|223 092 362.1963|bRUS 100 1 Russell, Sharman Apt,|eauthor. 245 10 Within our grasp :|bchildhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolution taking place to end it /|cSharman Apt Russell. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[2021] 300 viii, 324 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index. 505 00 |tPrologue: This blue marble spinning in darkness -- |tHumans have been hungry for a long time --|tA few a capella angels --|tDo no harm --|tOur beautiful nutritional revolution --|tA modest little factory -- |tPeople are ready for a reformed capitalism --|tWe stare into the periodic table --|tA holistic approach -- |tTikondane --|tThe struggle of this existence --|tWe now define a third of us as malnourished --|tVitamin A helps them see better --|tPoint, counterpoint --|tShe has a life all her own --|tChiponde is for the child --|tThe next- generation RUTF --|tLet's keep talking money --|tElephants --|tSuccess stories --|tA time in which men, spirits, and animals lived in harmony --|tWho we are. 520 "An important, hopeful book that looks at the urgent problem of childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolutionary progress being made to end it. From the much -admired writer of luminous prose and humane heart, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing. A healthy Earth requires healthy children. Yet nearly one fourth of the world's children--one in four-- are stunted physically and mentally due to a lack of food or nutrients. These children do not die but endure a lifetime of diminished potential. In the past thirty years, writes Sharman Russell in Within Our Grasp, we have seen a revolution in how we treat these sick children, and how, with a new understanding of the human body and approach to nutrition, along with new ways to reach out to hungry mothers and babies, we have gone from unwittingly killing the severely malnourished child to bringing him/her back to health through a "miracle" ready-to-eat therapeutic food. Intertwined with stories of scientists and nutrition experts on the front lines of finding a means of putting an end to malnutrition for good, Russell writes of her travels to Malawi, one of the poorest and least-developed countries in the world (80% of Malawians are farmers subsisting on less than an acre, coping with erratic weather patterns due to global warming, with 50% living below the poverty line and 42% of children being affected by lack of food or nutrients), the site of pathbreaking, cutting-edge research into childhood malnutrition. As she writes of her personal exploration of new friendships and insights in a country known as "the warm heart of Africa," Russell describes the programs that are working best to reduce childhood stunting and explores how feeding and malnutrition of our children are connected to climate change; how vitamins and minerals are preventing these harmful effects; why the empowerment of women is the most effective single factor in eliminating childhood malnutrition; and what the costs are of ending childhood malnutrition"--|cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Malnutrition in children. 650 0 Malnutrition in children|xPrevention. 650 0 Malnutrition in children|zMalawi. 650 0 Malnutrition in children|zMalawi|xPrevention. 650 0 Food relief|zMalawi.
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