This influential work by Josué de Castro examines the global distribution of hunger and malnutrition through a geographical and socio-economic perspective. Drawing on scientific research and field observations, the book analyzes the environmental, political, and economic forces that shape patterns of food scarcity around the world. It highlights how hunger is not merely a biological phenomenon…
The book presents ten essays focusing on the state of knowledge of some basic issues of nutrition in various periods and the ways of thinking about them, e.g., the digestion of food, the utilization of nutrients and their conversion into body substance, obesity, dietary standards or the need for specific nutrients. In the introduction, Professor Guggenheim endeavors to place each essay in its h…