Green Templeton Lectures 2013 : Feeding a Better Future

The rising cost of food is impacting on people around the world, with up to 1 billion people, who live on the edge of poverty in 30 countries, at risk of hunger because of food shortages. This lecture series explored the causes and impact of the global food crisis, covering food policy, malnutrition and the importance of diet and nutrition in healthy minds and bodies.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Global Malnutrition: Can We Make A Difference?	Global hunger affects nearly a billion people. The five major forms of malnutrition worldwide are: Protein-energy malnutrition, iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies.	Jeyakumar Henry	19 February, 2013
Food Democracy, Food Control and the Social Dimension of Modern Food Policy	This lecture, given by Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London, focuses on the politics and social fissures that cut across contemporary food policy concerns.	Tim Lang	19 February, 2013
The Role of Nutrition in Mental Health and Performance: Changing Diets, Changing Minds	Human diets have changed dramatically over the last century, and the impact of industrialisation on our food supply has had devastating consequences for public health.	Alex Richardson	19 February, 2013
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?	More than six decades after the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world.	Gordon Conway	19 February, 2013

Green Templeton Lectures 2013 : Feeding a Better Future

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