Addressing Global Hunger
Lessons Learned from Syria and Venezuela

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Addressing Global Hunger: Lessons Learned from Syria and Venezuela offers an innovative tool for engaging in efforts against hunger and brings forward a hybrid approach for identifying mechanisms of how global hunger is established, identified, addressed and eradicated within personal and social constructs and values. As the global population continues to grow, the world is challenged with the evolving dynamics of food and nutrition sovereignty. In this deeply researched and vitally important book, the authors aim to bridge the global divide between research and practice to establish a contemporary perspective on tackling global hunger while applying knowledge learned.



  • Uses multidisciplinary and integrated methods to explore the realities of hunger
  • Features case studies, valuable syntheses of scattered material, and important topics of discussion and debate
  • Provides a guide on how to differentiate correct vs. false information when it comes to specific topics

1. Defining a post-modern world 2. Intricacies of a post-modern lifestyle 3. A word on food security and insecurity 4. The food insecure kitchen 5. Is hunger a cause or a consequence? 6. Building the case for democracy 7. Why geography matters 8. Food crisis trending topics 9. Venezuela and Syria: are we speaking the same language?

Those who work in academia, research, civil society, government, international agencies, and private sector. International organizations and associations of public health, social sciences, nutrition and dietetics, social workers, food and culinary professionals and chefs, economics, agricultural engineers, and agri-foods economists

Marianella Herrera-Cuenca MD, MSc, DSc, is a physician who graduated from medical School at Central University of Venezuela (UCV). She holds a Master and a Doctorate in Human Nutrition, from Simón Bolívar University in Caracas where she graduated with honors. She was trained in epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health and recently she completed the Harvard John F Kennedy School of Government Executive Program: Applying Behavioral Insights to the design of Public Policies. She is an Associate Professor and Researcher at Center for Development Studies at UCV and is the chair of the Department Development and Health. She is and has been the Principal Investigator for several studies related to food security, nutrition, obesity, energy balance and the double burden of malnutrition and has been able to interact with policy makers and government agents in Venezuela, Latin America, the USA and Europe regarding these topics. Her research interests are social inequities and their associations with chronic diseases and design and conceptualization of public policies for improving population lifestyle. She has been making an emphasis in food and nutrition public policies and early prevention strategies of nutrition associated diseases. Doctor Herrera has been publishing and lecturing nationally and internationally on those topics and has been quoted by international media such as Financial Times, Quartz Magazine, El Nuevo Herald, The Economist, El Tiempo de Bogotá, BBC world, Al Jazeera London, Deutsche Welle and America’s Quarterly among others. She was an invited professor and researcher during summer 2014 at KU Leuven in Belgium and she currently is the President of the international affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition IAAND, is a member of Fundación Bengoa Board of Directors and the president of the Foundation associated to the Venezuelan Health Observatory. Recently, she was the recipient of the Excellence in Public health and Community Nutrition Award
  • Uses multidisciplinary and integrated methods to explore the realities of hunger
  • Features case studies, valuable syntheses of scattered material, and important topics of discussion and debate
  • Provides a guide on how to differentiate correct vs. false information when it comes to specific topics