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100 1  Russell, Sharman Apt,|eauthor. 
245 10 Within our grasp :|bchildhood malnutrition worldwide and 
       the revolution taking place to end it /|cSharman Apt 
       Russell. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[2021] 
300    viii, 324 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and 
       index. 
505 0  Prologue: This blue marble spinning in darkness -- Humans 
       have been hungry for a long time -- A few a capella angels
       -- Do no harm -- Our beautiful nutritional revolution -- A
       modest little factory -- People are ready for a reformed 
       capitalism -- We stare into the periodic table -- A 
       holistic approach -- Tikondane -- The struggle of this 
       existence -- We now define a third of us as malnourished -
       - Vitamin A helps them see better -- Point, counterpoint -
       - She has a life all her own -- Chiponde is for the child 
       -- The next-generation RUTF -- Let's keep talking money --
       Elephants -- Success stories -- A time in which men, 
       spirits, and animals lived in harmony -- Who we are. 
520    "An important, hopeful book that looks at the urgent 
       problem of childhood malnutrition worldwide and the 
       revolutionary progress being made to end it. From the much
       -admired writer of luminous prose and humane heart, winner
       of the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature 
       writing. A healthy Earth requires healthy children. Yet 
       nearly one fourth of the world's children--one in four--
       are stunted physically and mentally due to a lack of food 
       or nutrients. These children do not die but endure a 
       lifetime of diminished potential. In the past thirty years,
       writes Sharman Russell in Within Our Grasp, we have seen a
       revolution in how we treat these sick children, and how, 
       with a new understanding of the human body and approach to
       nutrition, along with new ways to reach out to hungry 
       mothers and babies, we have gone from unwittingly killing 
       the severely malnourished child to bringing him/her back 
       to health through a "miracle" ready-to-eat therapeutic 
       food. Intertwined with stories of scientists and nutrition
       experts on the front lines of finding a means of putting 
       an end to malnutrition for good, Russell writes of her 
       travels to Malawi, one of the poorest and least-developed 
       countries in the world (80% of Malawians are farmers 
       subsisting on less than an acre, coping with erratic 
       weather patterns due to global warming, with 50% living 
       below the poverty line and 42% of children being affected 
       by lack of food or nutrients), the site of pathbreaking, 
       cutting-edge research into childhood malnutrition. As she 
       writes of her personal exploration of new friendships and 
       insights in a country known as "the warm heart of Africa,"
       Russell describes the programs that are working best to 
       reduce childhood stunting and explores how feeding and 
       malnutrition of our children are connected to climate 
       change; how vitamins and minerals are preventing these 
       harmful effects; why the empowerment of women is the most 
       effective single factor in eliminating childhood 
       malnutrition; and what the costs are of ending childhood 
       malnutrition"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Malnutrition in children. 
650  0 Malnutrition in children|xPrevention. 
650  0 Malnutrition in children|zMalawi. 
650  0 Malnutrition in children|zMalawi|xPrevention. 
650  0 Food relief|zMalawi. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aRussell, Sharman Apt.|tWithin our grasp
       |dNew York : Pantheon Books, [2021]|z9781524747251|w(DLC) 
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