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Exploring the global impact of micronutrient deficiency and how it can be addressed
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Drs. Irakli Loladze and Kristie Ebi explain the impact of climate change on nutrition, and point to the need for more investment in cross-disciplinary research to develop potential solutions.
Obidimma Ezezika Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
As the double burden of malnutrition starts to become more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, Obidimma Ezezika decided to find out if games might help young people make healthier choices when it comes to food.
In India, over half of adolescent girls are anemic. Many are never treated, though, because health systems ignore them.
Lucky Iron Fish were supposed to be the answer to reducing Cambodia’s persistent anemia problem. But there are now questions about whether the intervention actually addresses the problem it was intended to help solve.
This year’s Access to Nutrition Index was a mixed bag, showing some progress in the approach major food and beverage corporations take toward nutrition, but significant remaining gaps.
Inge Kauer Executive Director of Access to Nutrition Foundation
As the 2018 Access to Nutrition Index report launches today, Inge Kauer, executive director of the the Access to Nutrition Foundation, says private companies need to be more rigorous and be part of the solution to global nutrition crises.
With traditional nutrition programs failing to correct anemia and other forms of malnutrition, researchers are now exploring what role the microbiome in the gut plays in perpetuating these problems.
Sir John Beddington Co-Chair, Global Panel, and Former UK Chief Scientific Advisor
Poor diets are posing a greater global health risk than air pollution, alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined. Sir John Beddington, co-chair of Global Panel, unpacks its latest policy brief to explore opportunities for public-private partnerships.
Save the Children is calling for a tripling of global nutrition funding from previous targets set by the World Bank. The new model would integrate nutrition-sensitive initiatives.
Iron supplementation has been the traditional response, but experts say there is a need for a wider range of coordinated interventions.
Lawrence Haddad Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
GAIN executive director Lawrence Haddad reviews the latest research on the impact of animal-sourced foods on infants. He says affordability is key to encourage consumption.
A persistent lack of awareness about the dangers of malnutrition among patients is contributing to higher mortality rates and longer hospital stays.
Stephen Wood
Jessica Fanzo
New data points to ways nutritionists might lobby for changes in trade and food aid to improve the nutrient availability for billions of people, researchers Jessica Fanzo and Stephen Wood say.
The East African country has long prioritized curbing malnutrition, but when the results were coming in too slow, officials decided to evaluate just where its nutrition spending was – and was not – going.
Johan Rockström, the director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and recipient of a European Research Council Advanced Grant talks to Malnutrition Deeply about the big challenges facing the food sector and the way forward for a sustainable future.
The East African country has turned to biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help curb vitamin A deficiency, urging people to make the root vegetable a regular part of their diet. The rest of the world is watching.
Botswana has ambitious plans to address high rates of stunting and other forms of undernutrition among children. Those efforts are being hurt by a lack of information on who needs the services, according to nutrition officials.
Zimbabwean officials want the food industry to help solve the country’s micronutrient shortages by fortifying popular products. The companies say the cost is too high.
There are no data that tell us exactly what people across the world are eating and how that is affecting their health, making it difficult to put together policies to fight malnutrition. A new initiative might help plug this data gap.
India has recently introduced millet into the midday meal program in schools. The move looks set to have a positive impact on the nutritional status of children, reports IndiaSpend.com.
Some 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient malnutrition, with consequences that include cognitive delays, weakened immunity and increased risk for birth defects. Food fortification is one low-cost solution – and it’s already working.
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