Stories by Nevin S. Scrimshaw

One of the most common health problems worldwide and potentially one of the most treatable, iron deficiency can have devastating effects. It can jeopardize a child's mental and physical development

The task of feeding everyone adequately calls for an investment in the agriculture of developing countries of more than 100 billion. Without a fairer distribution of income many will still go hungry

Environmental, dietary and physiological factors all interact to set nutritional needs of individuals and populations. Recommended energy and nutrient allowances are thus statistical approximations

How does the human body adapt to prolonged starvation? Studies of fasting subjects indicate how best to utilize food when food is scarce and also how protein and calorie requirements are related

The first task of a poor country is to improve both the quantity and the quality of its nutrition. Basically this calls for education, not only in agriculture but also in food econon1ics and technology