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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2018 Global Hunger Index: forced migration and hunger
The 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the world has made gradual, long-term progress in reducing overall hunger, but this progress has been uneven. Areas of severe hunger and undernutrition stubbornly
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Milk proteins, health issues and its implications on National Livestock Breeding Policy of India
<p>Increasing evidence supporting the correlation between bovine beta-casein and disorders in milk consumers has led to the development and popularity of A2 milk and milk products worldwide.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/milk_proteins_livestock_breeding_India.pdf"
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Gujarat 8th worse in child, maternal nutrition
AHMEDABAD: Back in March 2016, the Unicef Rapid Survey on Children covering India had warned Gujarat that around 10.1% children in the state were grossly underweight and 41.6% showed stunted growth.
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Fast food consumption among adults in the United States, 2013–2016
Pick a day at random, and you can bet that nearly 40% of Americans will eat fast food during those 24 hours, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center
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Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: the role of social protection
The 2017-2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) takes an in-depth look at social protection in rural Africa to address these three questions, which are particularly relevant as Africa embarks on
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Parliamentary alliances against hunger and malnutrition
For the third year in a row, hunger is on the rise again and affects 821 million people in the world. In addition, one third of the global population suffers from malnutrition. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition
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Social protection, food security and nutrition in six African countries
Evaluations of social protection interventions across Africa often register significant success in improving household food security indicators, but little or no improvement in individual nutritional outcomes.
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Atlas of African Health Statistics 2018: universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals in the WHO African Region
The 2018 edition of the Atlas of African health statistics describes the health situation and trends in the WHO African Region. Analysis is based on standardized data from the World Health Organization
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Recharging soils with carbon could make farms more productive
Turning crop waste and discarded paper into a material called biochar could help to capture carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil while also helping to enrich farmland. Agriculture has
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Entomophagy for nutritional security in India: potential and promotion
<p>Entomophagy is practised on a large scale by the tribal communities in North East India compared to eastern and southern states. Termites, honey bees, grasshoppers, stink bugs, aquatic insects and silkworms