Hunger

The mistake you make in the morning: Why are you hungry just an hour after eating?

Feeling hungry a short time after breakfast? It is possible that the problem is not with the amount of food, but rather with its composition.

A healthy breakfast
Studies show that sometimes between 8 to 15 exposures are required before a new food moves from "strange" to "acceptable"

The man who couldn't watch Israel throw its food away: The story of Leket Israel

Workers prepare AIS boxes at a World Food Programme (WFP) facility in Damascus countryside, Syria, July 29, 2025.

World Food Programme slashes Syria aid, affecting 7.2 million as funding crisis deepens

Afghan men queue to receive packages of fortified biscuits distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) organisation in the Laja Mangal district of Paktia province on March 16, 2026.

WFP warns tens of millions could face acute hunger if Iran war continues


Spaghetti and Skittles: What is in the American aid boxes airdropped into Gaza?

"Cool…cool…Gazans are doing good reviews for the MREs dropped by the US," commented one person who shared the video. "F***** MREs no less."

 Skittles seen as part of the US humanitarian aid, March 3, 2024

Jewish NGO feeds New Yorkers battling hunger during High Holy Days

“With all the challenges people are facing during these difficult times, we should ensure New Yorkers don’t go hungry," the New York State comptroller said in a statement on hunger in the region.

 Volunteers help pass off bags of supplies

Haifa University’s new food security program graduates inaugural class

The diverse group of graduates has been equipped to tackle food insecurity challenges and build stronger communities.

 The Food Security program graduates.

How can Israel address rampant food insecurity? - opinion

The government can take significant steps toward eradicating food insecurity and creating a fair and sustainable food system for all Israelis.

 CHOOSING BETWEEN bread and milk: 47% of Jerusalemites live below the poverty line (Illustrative).

Palestinian administrative detainees to go on ‘open-ended’ hunger strike

The hunger strike aims to exert pressure on Israel regarding the issue of administrative detention and protest against the death of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad detainee Khader Adnan.

 Handcuffed hands rest on prison bars. (Illustrative)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader dies in Israeli custody after 86-day hunger strike

Palestinian factions have called Adnan's death an assassination, and warning that they will up the "resistance" against Israel in response.

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan gestures as he speaks during a rally honoring him following his release, near the West Bank city of Jenin July 12, 2015.

Soup kitchen feeds thousands in Hebron

Hebron's Takiat Ibrahim soup kitchen provides a lifeline to struggling Palestinians, serving thousands of people daily during Ramadan and throughout the year.

 Takiat Ibrahim soup kitchen, Hebron, on the West Bank, April 4, 2023.

10 reasons why the Earth's future is better than you think

The 10 graphs featured in this article show that, for perhaps the first time in human history, our future is better than most of us think.

 The future is better than you think (Illustrative).

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall

The World Food Program said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to $10 per person from $12 starting next month.

Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020.

North Korea's famine at worst in more than 30 years - report

The isolated nation finds itself grappling with a severe need for humanitarian aid as the need to feed citizens only increases.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a convocation of the Expansion of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in this photo released by the country's Korean Central News Agency on June 22, 2022.