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Exploring why nearly 2 billion people suffer from overweight and obesity and how we can change that
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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.
Cadbury makes money off of selling sweets, but now its corporate parent wants to help teach Nigerian children how to eat healthier. That effort, which involves partnering with a key nutrition advocacy group, has raised questions about the role of the private sector in fighting malnutrition
Nutrition advocates have accused the U.S. of siding with private sector interests, sparking a controversy over what they assumed would be a routine effort to provide advice on breastfeeding and the use of breast milk substitutes.
The country has developed an ambitious plan to tackle overweight and obesity, but has seen some of its efforts derailed by industry objections. Now advocates are pushing for legislation that would codify the plan.
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.
Faced with rising rates of non-communicable diseases, Kenyan activists have turned to educating young people on how to eat healthier. Now the government is taking a lesson from those efforts.
There is a growing recognition among policymakers that ignoring adolescent malnutrition undermines child nutrition efforts and sets young people up for less success or more complications later in life.
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.
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.
Members of Malnutrition Deeply’s expert community share their key takeaways from the recently concluded Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit in Bali.
Justine A. Kavle Nutrition Team Lead for United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Justine A. Kavle, a nutrition expert with USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program, calls for programs to help people make healthier food choices, including clearer nutritional labels.
Heavier girls are deemed more beautiful and likelier to find a good husband in the West African country.
In our first episode of Deeply Talks, we discuss whether taxes on sugary drinks are working to curb consumption and if that translates into reduced rates of obesity. The discussion features insights from two researchers who have examined the issue in depth.
Kalle Hirvonen Research Fellow
Bart Minten Senior Research Fellow
Ethiopians have higher household incomes, but the economic growth has not still translated into better diets, say International Food Policy Research Institute researchers Bart Minten and Kalle Hirvonen.
Women in the developing world are increasingly suffering from obesity. Experts aren’t exactly sure why – or what to do about it.
Taxes on sugary beverages have become a popular approach for countries looking to reduce overweight and obesity. But it is a problem that will require more than one solution.
Nearly one-third of the world is obese or overweight, leading to a rise in chronic diseases in developing countries. Combating the problem requires funding, innovation and an understanding of the link to undernutrition.
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