In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date—a set of standards ...

Kenya is encouraging rice millers to adopt voluntary rice fortification to address rising malnutrition and improve public health. Although there is a positive outlook towards fortified rice, awareness ...

The National Nutrition Council (NNC)-9 has raised deep concerns about the lingering malnutrition issues in the Zamboanga Peninsula, emphasizing the need for comprehensive nutrition programs to address ...

The climate crisis is reshaping global food systems, threatening agricultural productivity, and exacerbating malnutrition. However, innovative solutions like biofortification provide hope for a more ...

India is facing a rise in obesity and related diseases due to unhealthy diets. AIIMS doctors emphasize the need to increase ...

President Prabowo Subianto’s universal free meals programme is well-intentioned, but it would be more effective if done in coordination with other complementary programmes, say these experts.

Women and girls, who tend to eat least and eat last, are particularly affected, being twice as likely to suffer from malnutrition. This crisis is causing illnesses, preventable deaths and lost ...

Dietary impact on pulmonary pressures is still poorly understood, but it seems that micronutrient deficiency could be a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. Relatively frequent in developing ...

As these islands struggle with climate change, urban expansion and a growing dependence on imported foods, their populations are increasingly caught in a triple burden of malnutrition: stunting (low ...

More than 60,000 children in Gaza will need treatment for acute malnutrition in 2025 ... child can be stunted or wasted or both. Micronutrient deficiencies Sometimes described by WHO as ...