malnutrition

MALNUTRITION

Flagships
October 29, 2019
Voices from the Field: Supporting Healthy Food Environments in India
Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among women. IFPRI Research Fellow Avinash Kishore discusses the impacts of changing food environments.
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Blog
October 4, 2019
Locally-Grown Fruits and Vegetables Can Improve Diets of Rural Women in India
Malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiency, is especially acute among women in India. Locally-grown produce may hold the key to improving diets.
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Biofortification
July 26, 2019
Biofortified Staples May Hold the Key to India’s Rural Malnutrition
“Hidden hunger,” or micronutrient deficiency, affects a large section of the Indian population, as it does in many developing countries. Biofortified staples can help improve diets.
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Flagships
May 29, 2019
Principles, Practice and the Private Sector’s Role in Malnutrition – Time to Review Red Lines?
The framing of malnutrition as a global problem which affects us all is long overdue. Viewing it as such demands
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Flagships
April 22, 2019
A4NH, IFPRI Participate in Purdue University “Ending Global Hunger Colloquium 2019”
Leading figures in the global fight against hunger gathered at Purdue University April 10-11 for a colloquium to exchange ideas on
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Flagships
April 17, 2019
From Challenge to Change
Obesity is increasing in most countries, in both urban and rural settings, across socio-economic levels, among children and adults. Consequences
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Food Systems for Healthier Diets
March 19, 2019
From Food Security to Nutrition Security in India: A Food Systems Perspective
Despite historically high levels of food production in India, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies persist. At present, 22.5 percent of adults
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News
January 2, 2019
Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: Time to Innovate!
The first decade of the 21st century was one of widespread inertia toward the burgeoning “double burden,” that is, rising
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News
December 12, 2018
Accelerating Progress to End Hunger and Malnutrition through Implementation Science
Undernutrition remains a stubborn development challenge in many parts of the world, yet overweight and obesity are simultaneously on the
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