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Pandemic may have left 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020

Feb 26, 2021 06:11

According to a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report, COVID-19 might have left up to 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020.
2020 Global Food Security Index shows overall decline in food security

Feb 25, 2021 12:33

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released on Tuesday Feb. 23 the ninth annual Global Food Security Index (GFSI) sponsored by Corteva, which measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.
Dieting may slow metabolism – but it doesn’t ruin it

Feb 24, 2021 07:13

The loss of lean tissue (muscle) when you diet – which burns around 15-25 calories per kilogram each day – lowers resting metabolic rate, meaning you need fewer calories than you previously did. But the body also deliberately slows down metabolism to preserve energy stores and minimize weight loss.
Recommendations for regional action to combat marine plastic pollution

Feb 17, 2021 06:14

In recent years, images of whales and sea turtles starving to death after ingesting plastic waste or becoming entangled in so-called ghost nets have led to a growing awareness of the crisis of marine plastic pollution.
Study finds climate crisis driving great white sharks into colder waters, with devastating effect on wildlife

Feb 17, 2021 06:08

Warming oceans—a key meausure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks into colder waters, where they are causing a devastating decrease in wildlife populations, according to new research reported by The Guardian.
Fossil fuel pollution caused nearly 1 in 5 premature deaths in 2018, study finds

Feb 17, 2021 06:01

Researchers at universities in the U.K. and at Harvard University estimated that, in 2018, 8.7 million people died prematurely due to pollution released by fossil fuels, or about 18 percent of total global deaths that year.
Larger panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia

Feb 08, 2021 06:54

Investigators said a gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia.
Uneven recovery from COVID recession could hit poorer countries hard

Feb 07, 2021 06:20

The World Bank estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic will push up to 150 million additional people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, with food insecurity rampant.
How to exercise safely when you have anxiety?

Feb 03, 2021 07:10

Although it is well-recorded that exercise can help to relieve anxiety, and even help to prevent panic attacks and reduce the physical symptoms, in the moment, it can feel as though exercise makes those symptoms worse — or even triggers them. Health practitioner Sarah Luper at Keep Moving Care, said it’s important that you don’t let anxiety symptoms — like a quickened heart-rate, irregular breathing or a tight chest — stop you from being active.
UK applies to join Asia-Pacific trading bloc on Brexit anniversary

Jan 31, 2021 12:46

A year after officially leaving the European Union (EU), the UK is set to apply to join a free trade area with Asia and Pacific nations on Monday (February 01), with negotiations expected in the spring.