Deep Brazil » Hunger http://deepbrazil.com Way Beyond Carnival Tue, 25 May 2010 06:54:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The hottest documentarist around http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/04/the-hottest-documentarist-around/ http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/04/the-hottest-documentarist-around/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:56:44 +0000 Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/?p=394 Keep your eyes on José Padilha, the director whose movies dissect the social mechanisms that perpetuate violence and poverty. His latest work, “Garapa” (the sugar cane juice used to conceal hunger when one has nothing else to eat), will be representing Brazil at the Sundance Festival, the biggest showcase of independent movies. The film follows three starving families during [...]]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/04/the-hottest-documentarist-around/feed/ 0 Less undernourished, more overweight http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/19/less-undernourished-more-overweight/ http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/19/less-undernourished-more-overweight/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:07:44 +0000 Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/?p=166 Brazilian women stay slim, while men are getting fatter and fatter. Mal-nutrition and child mortality are falling, but diabetes is on the raise.

Campaign in Olinda, Pernambuco, against kidney diseases

This is one of the conclusions of a study released today by the Brazilian Health Ministry, portraying the state of the population’s physical condition. The conclusions are, for [...]]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/19/less-undernourished-more-overweight/feed/ 0