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The global impact of malnutrition is enormous and threatening to grow. It is time to highlight this critical issue and bring together the people invested in bringing it to an end.
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The global impact of malnutrition is enormous and threatening to grow. It is time to highlight this critical issue and bring together the people invested in bringing it to an end.
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.
As aid agencies grapple with rising rates of severe acute malnutrition in Yemen, they are encouraging mothers to turn to exclusive breastfeeding – a strategy that has come in for criticism in nearby conflicts.
Hunger and starvation tend to make for headlines only in crisis situations. But Chicago Council on Global Affairs fellow and journalist Roger Thurow thinks chronic malnutrition has vast implications and demands urgent attention.
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.
Malnutrition doesn’t begin or end with stunted toddlers. Nearly 800 million people are going hungry – an intergenerational cycle of undernutrition with severe consequences. Solving it requires women’s empowerment.
Half of the world’s population lives in cities and half of the world suffers from malnutrition. Laurence Haddad, executive director of GAIN, explains that seeing how the two issues are linked will be key to meeting the SDGs on urbanization, hunger and nutrition.
Steve Godfrey Chief Investment Officer, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals make up an ambitious new agenda. But Steve Godfrey of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition writes that unless there is investment in improving the nutritional health of women and girls, many of the goals will never be realized.
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.
From barely regulated marketing to a lack of healthcare services, there are many factors that make it difficult for mothers in developing countries to breastfeed their babies. The solution, say experts, requires more than just saying “breast is best.”
France Bégin Senior Nutrition Adviser for Infant and Young Child Nutrition, UNICEF headquarters in New York
More than half of all newborns are not breastfed in the first hour after birth – which could be the difference between life and death. More needs to be done to help women make informed choices about breastfeeding, writes UNICEF’s France Begin.
In a region of India that suffers widespread malnutrition, women are turning to the “tricolor” method of cooking – making sure each meal contains food that is saffron, white and green.
Cases of meningitis and malnutrition-related growth deficiencies are increasing in the besieged town of Madaya, where humanitarian aid deliveries are sporadic and insufficient.
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