Health

Parental diet, obesity before conception affects child's health

Besides smoking and drinking alcohol, parents' health including obesity and poor diet can have "profound implications" for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before thei

Publication Date: 
18/04/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Obesity, Children, Child Health, Malnutrition, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Health
Health

Govt move may spur cases of malnutrition

Pune: The state government’s move to make Aadhaar linkage compulsory for all anganwadi children has left the social activists fuming, considering that almost 60% kids in Maharashtra do not have the

Publication Date: 
17/04/2018
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Malnutrition, Children, Nutrition, Health
Food Policy

Future smart food: rediscovering hidden treasures of neglected and underutilized species for zero hunger in Asia

For centuries people in Asia and the Pacific region have grown and consumed a wide variety of nutritious foods. Unfortunately, more recent generations have slowly but surely changed their diets and have moved away from many of these traditional foods.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
Xuan Li, Kadambot H.M. Siddique
FAO
Tags:
Food Security, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Asia, India, Climate Change, Agriculture
Poverty

Innovations to overcome the increasingly complex problems of hunger

Hunger has become ever more complex, and therefore efforts to sustainably eradicate hunger and malnutrition depend on policies and programs that match these complexities. Innovations are critical for progress. However, they require increased public and private investments as well.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
Joachim von Braun
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Food Security, Nutrition, Agriculture, Innovation, India, Global
Food Policy

Acute hunger intensifies in 2017, affecting 124 mln people: UN

Some 124 million people suffered from acute food insecurity in 2017, up from 108 millions in 2016, the United Nations (UN) said in a report on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Global, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Congo, Food Policy, World Food Programme (WFP), Child Health, Africa, Droughts
Agriculture

Low phytic acid peanut: a potential tool to overcome mineral malnutrition in humans

Among nuts, peanut is considered as superfood and has been effective in treating malnutrition across the globe. Peanuts have more protein and 30 essential vitamins and minerals that are effective to combat acute malnutrition. Nutritive value of peanuts reveals that nearly half of the mass of the kernel is made of lipids, whereas protein and carbohydrate constitute nearly one-fifth to one-fourth of the kernel mass.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/03/2018
B. C. Ajay, D. Kambiranda, S. K. Bera & et al
Current Science
114
6
1165-1166
Tags:
Groundnut, Malnutrition, Plant Breeding, Agricultural Research, India
Food Policy

Global report on food crises 2018

The 2018 Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. An estimated 124 million people in 51 countries are currently facing Crisis food insecurity or worse (the equivalent of IPC/CH Phase 3 or above).

Publication Date: 
21/03/2018
Food Security Information Network
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Conflicts, Climate Change, Global
Health

Infant mortality rate high in mine zones

Jamshedpur: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based leading research outfit, has suggested four key areas which the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) of West Singhbhum sho

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Infant mortality, Mining, Child Health, Malnutrition, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Water Pollution, Health Effects, Health
Food Policy

Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 2 Million Malnourished Children at Risk - UN

The United Nations warns more than two million severely acutely malnourished children in Democratic Republic of Congo are at risk of dying unless they receive urgently needed therapeutic aid.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Food Policy, Malnutrition, Child Health, Health, Congo, Africa, Food Security
Food Policy

UNICEF to spend 30 mln euros to tackle malnutrition in South Sudan

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said it will use over 30 million euros received from the German government to tackle high malnutrition among children and provide sa

Publication Date: 
12/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Policy, Malnutrition, Sudan, UNICEF, Child Health, Children, Water Quality, Water Supply, Africa

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