Malnutrition

Food and health sectors to battle global nutrition: WHO

"It is clear that the ways in which food is managed today are failing to result in sufficient improvements in nutrition.”

Food and health sectors need to work together to battle global nutrition meltdown: WHO

By Shane Starling

Contemporary food systems need to change – and the health and food sectors need to work more closely together - if more than half the world’s population that don’t eat enough, over eat, or eat poorly, are to be helped, the WHO has said.

Preventing malnutrition will save money as well as lives, says the UN

Preventing malnutrition will save money as well as lives, says the UN

By Nathan Gray

Investment in battling malnutrition on a global scale will help save and improve millions of lives, but will also save billions of euros in lost potential GDP for countries where malnutrition is a problem, according to the United Nations World Food Programme.

Five-year campaign launched to ease malnutrition in Africa

Five-year campaign launched to ease malnutrition in Africa

By Shane Starling

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) have teamed up for a five-year programme to tackle malnutrition in Africa – particularly among the young.

US research project focuses on gut health and malnutrition

US research project focuses on gut health and malnutrition

By Lorraine Heller

The US government has launched a research initiative to investigate the link between child malnutrition and intestinal infections, with the goal of developing intervention strategies that could promote the health of children around the world.

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