Nutrition research to affect food and a healthy lifespan

ABSTRACT

Proper nutrition offers one of the most effective and least costly ways to decrease the burden of many diseases and their associated risk factors, including obesity. Nutrition research holds the key to increasing our understanding of the causes of obesity and its related comorbidities and thus holds promise to markedly influence global health and economies.

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Stunting: A Silent Emergency

Screen Shot 2019 01 09 at 4.05.23 PMAn estimated 151m children under five – one in four children worldwide – become ‘stunted’ through poor nutrition. It is not just a matter of height. It leaves them cognitively impaired for life. 

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