“Investments in improving nutrition in the first 1000 days should be considered as long-term economic investments because they improve human capital and productivity,” said Professor Reynaldo Martorell from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Un... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
The rising costs of nutritious foods: The case of Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 134, by Fantu Nisrane Bachewe and Bart Minten. Abstract: Costs of healthy diets are worryingly rising in a number of developed and emerging economies. However, less is known on these costs for developing countries. Using price data from a large number of markets in Ethiopia, we find that real prices of all >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
EAT-Lancet Commission Report Launch in Bangladesh
Today, the world faces a pandemic of malnutrition marked by the coexistence of overweight and underweight and a surge of diet-related chronic diseases. Our global food production is the single largest driver of environmental degradation and climate instability. Now, the new On February 13, IFPRI, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and EAT invited […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Challenge lies in ensuring healthy diets for all in BD
Experts identified on Wednesday several challenges to ensuring healthy diets for all age groups in Bangladesh, including an increase in consumption of healthy foods and a cut in consumption of some processed foods with little nutritional value or anti-nutritive factors. They noted that mere awareness about healthy diet was not sufficient as people consume foods […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Healthy Diets to Combat Malnutrition and Climate Change: Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan The global food system faces major challenges and trends related to rapid urbanisation, changing diets, climate change, political uncertainties, and anti-globalization sentiments. At the same time, there has been growing recognition that, in addition to addressing multiple burdens of malnutrition, there is an increasing need to seek an environmentally sustainable food system in […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
