First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Nutrition
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Synergies in social protection: impacts of India’s MGNREGA and public distribution system on the health and nutrition of Women and Children
This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and nutritional status of women and children in participating households, using short-term
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Synergies in social protection: impacts of India’s MGNREGA and public distribution system on the health and nutrition of Women and Children
This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and nutritional status of women and children in participating households, using short-term
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Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2019
Hunger in Europe and Central Asia is low, but a high number of people are affected by moderate food insecurity, such as limited food and access to nutritious food, as well as overweight and obesity, revealed
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Cardiometabolic disease costs associated with suboptimal diet in the United States: A cost analysis based on a microsimulation model
<p>Poor diet is a leading risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in the United States, but its economic costs are unknown. We sought to estimate the cost associated with suboptimal diet in the US.</p><a
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2019
Three million undernourished people in Asia and the Pacific must be lifted out of hunger each month from now on, if the region is to meet the SDG 2 Zero Hunger goal by the end of 2030, says a new report
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nutrition to Tribal People, 09/12/2019
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nutrition to Tribal People, 09/12/2019. Government is aware that there is gap between the tribal population and general population of the country with regard to various
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Malawi economic monitor: strengthening human capital through nutrition
With Malawi’s economic growth recovering and single digit inflation, the Government has a key opportunity to rein in fiscal deficits and reduce domestic debt. If it can better control domestic debt levels,
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Irrigation-nutrition linkages: evidence from northern Ghana
The paper analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana. The results show that (i) there is a modest difference in the overall household
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Empowerment and nutrition in Niger: insights from the women’s empowerment in nutrition grid
Present a novel application of a regression decomposition technique, the Shapley Owen decomposition, to identify the aspects of empowerment associated with undernutrition in Niger. Niger is one of the
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Rural transformation and the double burden of malnutrition among rural youth in developing countries
Adolescence and early adulthood are periods of major biological, economic and social transitions for rural youth. They provide a critical window of opportunity for addressing chronic nutritional deficits