{"id":49756,"date":"2012-10-16T07:39:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T07:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&p=49756"},"modified":"2012-10-16T07:39:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T07:39:33","slug":"top-chefs-mom-bloggers-churches-youtube-foodies-and-one-members-highlight-global-hunger-on-world-food-day","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/top-chefs-mom-bloggers-churches-youtube-foodies-and-one-members-highlight-global-hunger-on-world-food-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Chefs, Mom Bloggers, Churches, YouTube Foodies and ONE Members Highlight Global Hunger on World Food Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON<\/strong> – From celebrity chefs and mom bloggers to churchgoers and YouTube stars, ONE members are mobilizing en masse around the country on World Food Day, October 16, to raise awareness of global hunger and malnutrition. These activities are part of a new campaign from ONE that\u2019s calling on world leaders \u201cto make measurable commitments to reduce chronic malnutrition for 25 million kids by 2016 so they can reach their full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the campaign, supporters around the globe are celebrating the sweet potato, an example of a nutritious crop that can help fight chronic malnutrition. Every year, malnutrition is the underlying cause of more than 2.4 million child deaths \u2013 or more than one third of all deaths of children under the age of five. Chefs Mario Batali, Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, Marcus Samuelsson, Spike Mendelsohn and Hugh Acheson<\/strong> are among dozens of celebrated chefs who will support the campaign by shining a spotlight on the humble sweet potato in the coming months.<\/p>\n

ONE is calling on the public to send a mass, highly-coordinated \u2018Heat Tweet\u2019 at 12pm EST on World Food Day to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to put global nutrition on the international agenda. (.@StateDept #SecClinton Create a #recipe4change. Put global nutrition on the agenda. 25mm kids are counting on it)<\/p>\n

Already, more than 150,000 people have signed the Nutrition Petition at ONE.org asking world leaders to take concrete action on behalf of the world\u2019s chronically malnourished children.\u00a0 Everyone is also invited to submit their favorite sweet potato recipes at ONE\u2019s Recipe4Change Cookbook.<\/p>\n

Other World Food Day activities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrity Chef Events<\/strong> in six cities across the nation include cooking demonstrations and tastings. All are free and open to the public:<\/p>\n