Poor quality diets and vitamin and mineral deficiencies can also weaken the ... UNHCR works to ensure that systems, services and practices that support young children’s optimal nutrition and care do ...
Malnutrition is one of the world’s most serious but least-addressed development challenges. Its human and economic costs are enormous, falling hardest on the poor, women, and children.
The Food Foundation argues that calorie-dense but nutrient-poor diets are worsening health ... worrying picture” of the current state of child health and reveals “the worsening trajectory ...
Poor nutrition comes with risks such as pre-term birth, gestational diabetes, excess weight gain, hypertensive disorders and potential complications with delivery, among other issues. A staggering 70 ...
Stunted children earn 20% less as adults compared ... More economists should track malnutrition because poor nutrition can hamper economic growth, the report said. Covid-19 may have undone decades ...