Nutrition and Poverty

Explores the links between poor nutrition and poverty. Combining clear and lively text with high-quality photos, Nutrition & Poverty presents an overview of the basic nutritional requirements for humans to function and goes on to thoroughly explore the many dimensions of the relationships between poverty, health, nutrition, and population. Important topics are covered, including how poor nutrition leads to poor education, how and why poverty and its resulting poor nutrition are prevalent in many developing countries and what is being done about it, how seasonal and political famine prevent people from getting the food they need, and much more. The book takes an intensive look at different countries and measures whether their inhabitants are meeting their nutritional needs and the reasons behind their success or lack of it, providing a fascinating geographical perspective on nutrition.