NewsRack: 'Famine' news in 'Food-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Scientists warn Atlantic puffins in peril in US	3.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
PORTLAND, Maine—The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world.
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Cleveland women held captive have long-term injuries: sources	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Two of the women imprisoned in a Cleveland house in conditions described as similar to a prisoner of war camp suffered from severe malnutrition and will require long-term therapy for injuries
Plotz: You can nosh on me	3.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
The Internet shivered with horror and fascination last week at the revelation that the Jamestown colonists cannibalized each other during the dreadful winter of 1609.
133,000 child deaths in Somalia is "off the chart"	3.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011.
'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths	3.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
NAIROBI, Kenya—A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011.
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Somalia Islamists ban food aid, child deaths ‘off the charts’	3.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jason Straziuso The Associated Press Published May 2, 2013 05:28PM MDT Nairobi, Kenya • A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a “normalization of crisis” that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011. The first in-depth study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday, and it estimates that 133,000 children under age 5 died, with child death rates approaching 20 percent in some communities. That’s 133,000 under-5 child d... ...
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Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement	2.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Zongker The Associated Press Published May 1, 2013 05:16PM MDT Washington • Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by turning to cannibalism. For years, there have been tales of people in the first permanent English settlement in America eating dogs, cats, rats, mice, snakes and shoe leather to stave off starvation. There were also written accounts of settlers eating their own dead, but archaeologists had been skeptic... ...
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260,000 died in Somali famine, report to be released Thursday says	30.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
The 2011 Somali famine killed an estimated 260,000 people, half of them age 5 and under, according to a new report to be published this week that more than doubles previous death toll estimates, officials told The Associated Press.
Report: 260,000 died in Somali famine	30.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jason Straziuso The Associated Press Published Apr 29, 2013 09:03PM MDT Nairobi, Kenya • The 2011 Somali famine killed an estimated 260,000 people, half of them age 5 and under, according to a new report to be published this week that more than doubles previous death toll estimates, officials told The Associated Press. The aid community believes that tens of thousands of people died needlessly because the international community was slow to respond to early signs of approaching hunger in East Africa in late 2010 and early 2011. The toll was also exacerbated by extr... ...
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Shakespeare lived parallel life as ruthless businessman, study shows	1.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare. But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy dealing in grain during a time of famine.
Study shows Shakespeare as ruthless businessman	31.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jill Lawless The Associated Press Published Mar 31, 2013 09:42AM MDT London • Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it’s not how we usually think of William Shakespeare. But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy dealing in grain during a time of famine. Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales argue that we can’t fully understand Shakespeare unless we study his often-overlooked business savvy. “Shakespeare the grain-hoarder has been redacted from history so that Shakespeare the creative gen... ...
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Underweight? Maintain a healthy weight and body with nutrient-dense foods, exercise	12.2.2013	Denver Post: Lifestyles
It is a problem that most Americans think they would like to have: Being told they don't weigh enough.
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Lack of food stunts Chad children, damages minds	16.12.2012	Denver Post: National News Headlines
LOURI, chad — One morning, a little girl called Achta sat in the front row of this village's only school and struggled mightily with the assignment her teacher had given her.
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Study: World's population living longer with more disabilities	14.12.2012	Denver Post: National News Headlines
The health of most of the planet's population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by disability.
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Keegan: Obesity epidemic? I'd take feast over famine	6.12.2012	Denver Post: Opinion
In the past, Christmas was a festive time of year when society allowed one person, albeit mythical, to be unapologetically fat. No more. Food Scrooges nationwide are going after the man in the red suit with a vengeance.
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Vail Behind the Scenes column: Full bellies, not full landfills	22.11.2012	Vail Colorado: Business
"Waste not, want not." "Clean your plate! There are starving children in Biafra." Those were my mom's admonitions in my childhood, less than 20 years after World War II ended. As someone who experienced ...
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What science says about Mormonism’s health code	1.10.2012	Salt Lake Tribune
By heather may The Salt Lake Tribune Published Oct 1, 2012 08:31AM MDT Utah’s public health officials often credit the state’s good health to its predominant Mormon culture. After all, devout Latter-day Saints’ adherence to their faith’s health code, called the Word of Wisdom, means many Utahns don’t smoke or drink alcohol. Several studies show such allegiance pays off: Mormons in Utah don’t have cancer or heart disease as often. That helps explain why Utah Mormons live longer than the state’s non-Mormons. While some of those extra years — seven for men and almost... ...
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But it’s cooler in Canada	11.8.2012	Salt Lake Tribune
By brian moench Published Aug 11, 2012 01:01AM MDT Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, admitted recently that global warming is not a hoax, but that we needn’t worry: “We have spent our entire existence adapting, OK? So we will adapt to this. Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around — we’ll adapt to that. It’s an engineering problem, and it has engineering solutions.” Tillerson’s buddies at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce added, “Populations can acclimatize to warmer climates via a range of behavioral, physiological and tech... ...
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Wrong on farm bill	18.7.2012	Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jul 18, 2012 01:01AM MDT I’m a large dairy farm calf ranch manager, and the editorial “Malnutrition: House farm bill goes the wrong way” (Our View, July 11) missed the mark in depicting a balanced view of the 2012 farm bill. In a state where around $15 billion and 65,000 jobs can be attributed to agriculture, commodity support shouldn’t be taken lightly. Even so, in 2010, the total funding for commodity programs under the farm bill was one-tenth the amount allocated to food assistance programs. Read the summary by the... ...
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Malnutrition	11.7.2012	Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jul 10, 2012 05:25PM MDT Throughout human history, the image of a malnourished person is one of skin and bones. But so successful has the last half-century of American agricultural policy been in reversing this trend that, today, Americans suffer from an epidemic of bad food that is disguised under ever-deeper layers of fat. Every five years or so, Congress labors to bring forth a new farm bill. It is a giant book of rules and regulations, policies and priorities that costs the taxpayers billions in the name of food se... ...
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