Friday, January 22, 2010

Urgent action needed to tackle malnutrition

Science can help design strategies to tackle malnutrition. The challenge is turning this knowledge into action.
Improving nutrition in the developing world has never been more important.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, more than a billion people — one sixth of the global population — have a diet so poor they may be severely underweight, have stunted growth, or lack the vitamins and minerals they need for good health (all are aspects of severe malnutrition, or undernutrition).

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