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Agricultural Outlook 2010-2019: Highlights The goal of this collaborative work is to build consensus on how global agriculture may evolve in the coming decade and the key issues impacting its course. Published in 2010, by |
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Alleviating Hidden Hunger: Approaches that work Despite abundant global food supplies, widespread malnutrition persists in many developing countries. Micronutrient malnutrition is particularly damaging but it can, with relative ease, be eradicated. Published in IAEA Bulletin Volume 45, No.1 Published in 2003, by |
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Assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production The purpose of this report is to assess the best-available science from a global perspective to identify priorities among industry sectors, consumption categories and materials. For the first time, this assessment was done at the global level, identifying priorities for developed and developing countries. It supports international, national and sectoral... Published in 2010, by |
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Back by popular demand: The benefits of traditional vegetables This booklet describes how reintroducing traditional leafy vegetables had an impact on the lives of people in a community near Nairobi, Kenya, thanks largely to the inspiration of one farmer. Published in 2006, by |
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Changing Glaciers and Hydrology in Asia: Addressing vulnerabilities to glacier melt impacts The goal of the study reported here is to provide approaches to glacier melt, within the context of climate change, based on state-of-the-art knowledge, to USAID Missions in three topic areas: (1) science related to glacier melt and high-altitude hydrology, (2) the impacts of changes near and far in space and time, and (3) the organizations and activities... Published in 2010, by |
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Chapter 20: Global climate change In: The Comparative quantification of health risks -book. Published in 2004, by |
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Climate Change and Food Security: A Framework Document Until recently, most assessments of the impact of climate change on the food and agriculture sector have focused on the implications for production and global supply of food, with less consideration of other components of the food chain. This paper takes a broader view and explores the multiple effects that global warming and climate change could have on... Published in 2008, by |
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Climate Change. Impact on agriculture and cost adaptation This Food Policy Report presents research results that quantify the climate-change impacts on agriculture, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being. Published in 2009, by |
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Climate Change: Implications to Food Safety The paper aims to identify potential impacts of anticipated changes in climate on food safety and their control at all stages of the food chain. The purpose is to raise awareness of the issue and to facilitate international cooperation in better understanding the changing food safety situation and in developing and implementing strategies to address them. Published in 2008, by |
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Construyendo un estilo de alimentación saludable, Proyecto del Centro Entre Todos En este Cuaderno de Trabajo se presentan dos experiencias educativas de desarrollo integral de la primera infancia llevadas a cabo en Uruguay durante el año 2005. El documento está publicado en por El Sector de Educación de la Oficina de la UNESCO en Montevideo, en el serie "Cuaderno de trabajo: comunidades de prática". Está vinculado con el... Published in 2007, by |
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Cooking up a storm: Food, greenhouse gas emissions and our changing climate This report sets out what we know about the food system’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Taking a life cycle perspective, it looks at how these emissions arise, both by life cycle stage (from plough to plate to bin) and by food type. It then explores the flip side of the coin: the global impact of a changing climate on how we grow,... Published in 2008, by |
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Double Pyramide: healthy food for people, sustainable food for the planet "The double pyramide" positions foods not only following the criteria nutritional science has long recommended on the basis of their positive impact on health, but also in terms of their impact on the environment. The work aims to encourage the publication of further studies on the measurement of environmental impacts of food. The objective is to increase... Published in 2010, by |
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Estrategia Regional y Plan de Acción para un enfoque integrado sobre la prevención y el control de las enfermedades crónicas, incluyendo el régimen alimentario, la actividad física y la salud La meta de la estrategia (CD47/17) es prevenir y reducir la carga de las enfermedades crónicas y los factores de riesgo en las Américas. El objetivo que se espera lograr es una reducción anual del 2% de las tasas de mortalidad por enfermedades crónicas (prioritarias), lo que resultará en salvarles la vida a más de tres millones de personas durante los... Published in 2007, by |
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Exploring the Links: Human Well-Being, Poverty and Ecosystem Services This publication presents the conceptual framework on poverty and ecosystems.The paper sets out to achieve three objectives. The first objective is to demonstrate how human well-being is dependent on ecosystems and ecosystem services.The second objective is to identify barriers and drivers that prevent the poor from using these ecosystem services to improve... Published in 2004, by |
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Facts for Life Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday. Many die during their first year of life. Countless more children live in precarious situations and face diminished futures. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members... Published in 2010, by |
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Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation The 5th Report continues the tradition of reporting on trends in nutrition throughout the life cycle and of challenging the nutrition community. But instead of asking the question: how is nutrition affected by global changes? the 5th Report asks the question more proactively: how can a nutrition perspective accelerate the attainment of a comprehensive set of... Published in 2004, by |
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First Report on the World Nutrition Situation The overall objectives of the report are to provide an agreed basis for raising awareness of malnutrition - its extent, severity and trends - to advocate that increased attention be given to preventing this extensive and serious human problem. The report, through the indicators and their interpretation, should demonstrate the inter-sectoral nature of the... Published in 1987, by |
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Focusing on anaemia - Towards an integrated approach for effective anaemia control This document is a joint statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund on strategies to combat anaemia. Published in 2004, by |
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Focusing Resources on Effective School Health: a FRESH start to enhancing the quality and equity of education In April, 2000,WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Bank jointly organized a strategy session at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The strategy session was aimed at raising the education sector’s awareness of the value of implementing an effective school health, hygiene and nutrition programme as one of its major strategies to achieve Education... Published in 2001, by |
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Food and nutrition This chapter, presents the problems of undernutrition and overnutrition that affect infants and young children under the age of 2 years, manifesting as stunting and anemia. Article published in the publication Health in the Americas, PAHO, 2002. Published in 2002, by |
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Food and the Environment - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 Tunza in UNEP's magazine for youth, and this Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 is a special issue concentrating on themes on food and environment. Published in 2008, by |
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Food consumption in Mexican adolescents There are groups of adolescents who are less likely to consume healthy foods (such as fruits, vegetables, and dairy products). Socioeconomic and cultural processes that can explain the differences observed are discussed. Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2008;24(2):127–35, ISSN 1020-4989, by... Published in 2008, by |
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Food Policy Options: Preventing and Controlling Nutrition Related Non-Communicable Diseases Although diet structure and activity throughout the developing world have shifted drastically over the past several decades, little is known about effective policies to influence the supply and demand for food to control the undesirable effects, such as obesity, heart disease and cancer, of those shifts. Published in 2002, by |
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Food Security and Climate Change: The Answer is Biodiversity Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture worldwide.Food security in many countries is under threat from unpredictable changes in rainfall and more frequent extremeweather. Farmers in poorer countries with harsh climateconditions will likely be most affected. A review of recent scientific literature underlines that the most effective strategy to... Published in 2008, by |
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Food security and livelihood assessments This book is intended to provide practical guidance to ACF field workers on how to implement a Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) assessment. Published in 2010, by |
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Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle The Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of ACC/SCN reports initiated in the mid-1980s on the nutritional status of populations in developing countries. While earlier reports have focused on regional trends in preschool undernutrition, this report is built around the theme nutrition throughout the life cycle. This change was... Published in 2000, by |
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Gender, Climate Change and Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal This report presents a gendered analysis of how climate change impacts on human security. It also assesses whether adequate scope exists for women to participate in improved human security in a scenario of changing climate. Based on this analysis, recommendations are given for enhancing the integration of a gender perspective in climate change and human... Published in 2008, by |
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Getting fossil fuels off the plate This publication is an excerpted chapter from The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises that features essays by some of the world’s most provocative thinkers on the key issues shaping our new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and community resilience. Published in 2010, by |
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Global Climate Change: Can Agriculture Cope? Briefing Dossier Published in 2010, by |
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Global Climate Change: implications to international public health policy Since 1990, WHO has published a series of reports on climate change and has participated in review processes such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. These activities have outlined key characteristics of the health risks generated by a warming and a more variable climate. However many of the projected impacts on health are avoidable, through a... Published in 2007, by |
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Global Health Risks: Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks This World Health Organization report states that the leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%). These risks are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases such as heart... Published in 2009, by |
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Golden Rice's Lack of lustre Addressing vitamin A deficiency without genetic engineering. Published in 2010, by |
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Healthy growth and nutrition in children Today more than ever, nutrition appears to be a testing ground where differences and inequalities between North and South of the world measure against each other, in particular with regards to childhood. In developed countries, if on the one hand obesity and overweight are dramatically increasing among young people, on the other adults has been affecting... Published in 2010, by |
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Househols Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access This guide provides guidance on the specific data collection needs for the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) indicator. It assumes that these questions will be part of a population-based survey instrument and will be applied to all the households in the sample. The HDDS is used as a proxy measure of the socio-economic level of the household. Published in 2006, by |
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Human Health and Well-Being in an Era of Energy Scarcity and Climate Change This publication is an excerpted chapter from The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises that features essays by some of the world’s most provocative thinkers on the key issues shaping our new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and community resilience. Published in 2010, by |
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Identifying, evaluating, and treating overweight and obesity in adults National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States of America recently cooperated on the production of a guide to identifying, evaluating, and treating overweight and obesity in adults. The guide is mainly intended for such health care practitioners as primary care physicians, nurses, registered dietitians, and nutritionists, to help them provide their... Published in 2001, by |
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Implications of Climate Change on undernutrition UNSCN statement prepared for the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (7-18 December 2009). Published in 2009, by |
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Insight: Why stunting matters This technical brief discusses the negative effects of stunting and the steps we can take to prevent them. It is the second in a series of technical briefs that address the continuum of care for good infant and young child feeding, from initiation of early and exclusive breastfeeding through complementary feeding in later infancy and the second year of life.... Published in 2010, by |
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L’alimentation et l’environnement - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 Tunza est le magazine du PNUE pour les jeunes, et ce Tunza Vol 6 n ° 2 est un numéro spécial consacré à des questions alimentaires et l'environnement. SOMMAIRE Éditorial La crise de l’alimentation Les héros oubliés TUNZA répond à tes questions Déchets utiles La cuisine bas carbone Nourrir le monde Je retourne vers mon avenir Un... Published in 2008, by |
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Living well with HIV/AIDS: A manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS This manual provides practical recommendations for a healthy and balanced diet for PLWHA in countries with a low resource base. Published in 2002, by |
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Los Alimentos y el Medio Ambiente - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 Tunza es la revista del PNUMA para los jóvenes, y este Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 es un número especial centrado en temas de alimentos y el medio ambiente. INDICE Editorial Alimento en crisis Héroes olvidados TUNZA contesta tus preguntas Basura útil Cortando carbono Alimentando el mundo Vuelvo al pasado para mi futuro Un dilema orgánico ... Published in 2008, by |
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Material de Apoyo: Investigando las Causas de Desnutrición Este folleto es un material de apoyo para el curso sobre la Curso de Capacitación sobre la Evaluación del Crecimiento del Niño (2008), que es una herramienta para la implementación del Nuevo Patrón de Crecimiento de la OMS. El curso en su conjunto con todos los materiales se puede ver el la pagina web. El contenido demuestra cómo tomar medidas de... Published in 2008, by |
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Métodos para proyectos de desarrollo rural: seguridad alimentaria en la práctica Este libro, basado en la experiencia de campo del IFPRI y en la interacción con diversas organizaciones asociadas, está dirigido a ayudar a los practicantes del desarrollo a superar estas restricciones. La audiencia principal es la operativa-agencias de asistencia bilaterales o multilaterales, ONGs, gobiernos de países en desarrollo y otros practicantes... Published in 2003, by |
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Meeting the Millennium Development Goals with Agricultural Biodiversity This booklet covers some of the specific cases in which rural people have made use of agricultural biodiversity in various ways to improve their livelihoods. It is our hope that, by showing what some have achieved, all will be encouraged to deploy agricultural biodiversity more effectively. Farmers planning their next season, policymakers drawing up Poverty... Published in 2005, by |
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Micronutrient Deficiencies and Interventions in Cambodia - Information for Improved Programming Cambodia is fortunate to have many sources of data on maternal and child health and nutrition. This report synthesizes and analyzes the available data to provide an overview of the prevalence of anemia, micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition in Cambodia, the status of current efforts in their prevention and treatment, and recommendations to improve the... Published in 2008, by |
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Module 7: gestion de la vie familiale, domestique et personnelle Ce module a pour but d'amener les formateurs/trices à acquérir des compétences de base en matière d’hygiène, de santé, de nutrition, de gestion de l’environnement et des biens en vue d’assurer un meilleur encadrement aux filles et aux femmes en particulier pour l’amélioration de leur cadre de vie. Published in 2002, by |
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National Guidelines for the Use of Iron Folate Supplementation to Prevent and Treat Anemia in Pregnant and Post-Partum Women Anemia remains a major public health problem in Cambodia, with 57 % of pregnant women anemic. An estimated 50 % of anemia in Cambodia is caused by iron deficiency. The Guidelines address the appropriate uses of IFA supplements to prevent and treat iron deficiency in pregnant and post-partum women. Specifically, the Guidelines provide recommendations for the... Published in 2007, by |
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National Micronutrient Training Module and Job Aids for Village Volunteers To further extend nutrition skills and knowledge into the health system, the Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module provides training to village volunteers on good nutrition practices, including infant and young child feeding, the role of micronutrients, counseling to prevent maternal and child anemia, how to assist in the preparation of vitamin A rounds,... Published in 2009, by |
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National Nutrition Training Curriculum - Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) 10 The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) Module 10 training package works to strengthen the nutrition skills and knowledge of health centre staff to facilitate integrated nutrition activities in health service delivery, supervision and information. MPA Module 10 focuses on Cambodia’s five main nutrition interventions (infant and young child feeding, growth... Published in 2009, by |
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National Vitamin A Communication Strategy and Demand Generation Activities As part of efforts to build a more standardized and comprehensive vitamin A program, Cambodia’s NNP with A2Z assistance, designed a national vitamin A communication strategy designed to reenergize vitamin A communication activities, create standardized messages, correct misinformation, and build awareness among a variety of stakeholders, such as parents,... Published in 2008, by |
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Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: Report of a technical consultation Guidelines that contains the current consensus view on the nutritional requirements of people living with HIV/AIDS. Please note that knowledge in this area is evolving and these recommendations may well be subject to change in the near future. Published in 2003, by |
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Nutrition and environment A stand alone brief on nutrition and environment designed to facilitate dialogue between nutrition and other development professionals. Published in 2002, by |
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Nutrition and Health in Thailand: Trends and action The objective of this case study is to draw important conclusions as to which programs are effective in combatting and preventing malnutrition, why, and how they are best managed. The scope goes beyond "nutrition" programs per se, however. In addition to the analysis of changes in nutritional status, the study investigates the scope of indirect actions and... Published in 1992, by |
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Nutrition in India The report is divided into two parts. The first part comprises a detailed national nutrition situation analysis, with data as far as possible disaggregated by state. It includes data on nutrition and mortality outcome vis−a−vis age, sex and socioeconomic status. Changing trends in food consumption and nutritional status of children and adults are... Published in 1992, by |
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Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations - Report Number 01 The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition issues these Reports on Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations with the intention of raising awareness and facilitating action. The Reports are designed to provide information over time on key outcome indicators from emergency- affected populations, play an advocacy role in bringing the plight of emergency affected... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Manual for humanitarian action This manual is an important tool for all humanitarian workers involved in the field of nutrition. In addition to presenting an in-depth explanation of human nutrition, nutrition crisis and nutritional programmes within humanitarian intervention, the manual highlights the importance of maintaining a better understanding of the broader impact of war on all... Published in 2004, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 02 - Delivery of oral doses of vitamin A deficiency and nutritional blindness: A state-of-the-art review The ACC/SCN State-of-the-Art Series aims to provide authoritative information to help policy-making and implementation of programmes to improve nutrition in the world. This document concerns prevention of vitamin A deficiency, which is the objective of a Ten-Year UN Programme, launched in 1985. It is a coordinated effort between UN and national governments,... Published in 1987, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 04 - Women's Role in Food Chain Activities and the Implications for Nutrition We hope that the wide-ranging information herein will further the crucially important cause of women, specifically in relation to nutrition, in several ways. First, women's central role in providing for adequate nutrition - of families, communities, and indeed nations - in being described here in detail should help to give increased prominence to the need... Published in 1989, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 05 - Malnutrition and Infection - A review The combination of malnutrition and infection causes most of the preventable deaths in developing countries, certainly among young children. Malnutrition increases the risk and worsens the course of infectious disease; and infection leads to malnutrition. Thus we have used the expression “malnutrition-infection complex”. Good nutrition undoubtedly is a... Published in 1989, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 09 - Controlling Iron Deficiency Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional disorder in the world, affecting particularly pregnant and lactating women and pre-school children. Supplementation with ferrous sulphate tablets (often including folic acid) is efficacious but problems exist with effectiveness of large scale programmes in developing countries. Nonetheless, improvement... Published in 1991, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 10 - Nutrition-relevant Actions 'Nutrition' has been used in the past to describe both an input (consumption of nutrients) as well as a set of outcomes. Some of the confusion about the scope of actions to improve nutrition may be cleared up by distinguishing causality and effect. Thus, if nutrition is to be seen as an input, then the focus will be primarily on food. If it is to be viewed... Published in 1991, by |
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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 14 - Controlling Vitamin A Deficiency With the recent publication of "Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries" as ACC/SCN Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No. 13, we now know more about the type and degree of positive benefits of raising vitamin A status among deprived populations. After the findings of the... Published in 1994, by |
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Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS: A training course A training course for caregivers of PLWHA and their families that focuses on practical nutrition care and communication skills Published in 2009, by |
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Poverty Reduction Begins with Children Despite unprecedented global prosperity, a staggering 40 per cent of all children in developing countries – over half a billion – are struggling to survive on less than $1 per day. Poverty is the main underlying cause of millions of preventable child deaths each year. It is the cause of tens of millions of children going hungry, missing out on school or... Published in 2000, by |
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Promoción del crecimiento para prevenir la desnutrición cronica: Estrategias con Base Comunitaria en Centro América Los programas de promoción del crecimiento con base comunitaria (PCBC) son aquellos que apoyan el crecimiento de los niños y niñas mediante la consejería individualizada mensual a los padres sobre prácticas de cuidado, alimentación, tratamiento de enfermedades prevalentes y uso apropiado de los servicios de salud. Esta publicación busca servir de... Published in 2009, by |
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Recommendation for the Nutrient Requirements for People Living with HIV/AIDS The nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS differ from those for non-HIV-infected individuals. These recommendations are based on the report of the May 2003 WHO technical consultation on nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS Published in 2007, by |
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Recursos Efectivos en Salud Escolar (RESE): un enfoque nuevo para mejorar la calidad y la equidad educativa En Abril del año 2000 la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud, UNESCO, UNICEF y el Banco Mundial, colaboraron en la organización de una sesión de trabajo conjunto en el Foro Mundial Educativo desarrollado en Dakar, Senegal. Esta sesión estratégica, se propuso la meta de aumentar el interés y la concientización del sector educativo acerca del valor de... Published in 2001, by |
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Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health The goal of this strategy (CD47/17) is to prevent and reduce the burden of chronic diseases and risk factors in the Americas. The target is a 2% annual reduction in death rates from the major chronic diseases, over and above current trends, which will result in the lives of over three million people being saved over the next 10 years, thus enabling them to... Published in 2007, by |
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Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action Putting an end to extreme malnutrition will lay the foundation for improving the health and well-being of the present generation and lead to benefits for future generations over the 21st century. This report is written primarily for the community of international development partners, as well as those in government and civil society concerned with action to improve nutrition. Published in 2006, by |
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Review of Trends, Policies and Programmes Affecting Nutrition and Health in Egypt (1970-1990) The main objective of this report is to review the different policies, as well as programs affecting health and nutrition status of Egyptians over the period 1970−1990. The study will attempt to outline and examine Critically the major trends in the health and nutrition status of the Egyptians in the light of: − the Egyptian socio−economic setting; ... Published in 1992, by |
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Revised National Vitamin A Policy Guidelines While coverage of vitamin A supplementation has been increasing in recent years, it still falls short of national goals of 90 % coverage. To build a stronger, more cohesive program nationally, the National Vitamin A Policy was revised in 2007 to institute changes that will help increase coverage. Chances include updated scientific evidence, experience from... Published in 2007, by |
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SCN News No 06 - Preventing Anaemia The main topics of this SCN News are: Recommendations on the deficiency control methods - especially supplementation - from recent ACC/SCN workshop; Policies to Improve Nutrition - Review of recent experience, focusing on household food security, malnutrition/infection, and caring capacity; Weaning Foods - Fermentation reduces contamination; adding... Published in 1990, by |
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SCN News No 07 - Refugees' Nutrition Crisis The main focus of this SCN News is on refugees' nutrition crisis, as serious problems are experienced in meeting the nutritional needs of refugees. Furthermore, micronutrient intake and its relation to income and prices as well as the link between breastfeeding, birth spacing and nutrition are discussed. Published in 1991, by |
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SCN News No 07 - Supplement - Some Options for Improving Nutrition in the 1990s This summary is intended to be useful for international agencies concerned with certain major nutritional problems in poor societies, and through them for governments making decisions on policies to alleviate these problems. It aims to provide a view of the state of current knowledge, based on recent experience, emanating from a meeting convened by the... Published in 1991, by |
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SCN News No 08 - Highlights of the World Nutrition Situation This issue of SCN News summarizes analytical work in the last few years for the Reports on the World Nutrition Situation and elsewhere, on the possibility of using food prices in nutrition monitoring. A second focus is on the long-term effects of improved childhood nutrition. Published in 1992, by |
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SCN News No 09 - Focus on Micronutrients Deficiencies in the intake or absorption of vitamin A, iron, and iodine have serious consequences for health and mental and physical function. The clinical manifestations of these nutritional deficiencies - such as xerophthalmia, anaemia, and goitre - have been identified as major problems with increasing public health significance. This issue of SCN News... Published in 1993, by |
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SCN News No 10 - Nutrition and Food Aid; Nutrition and Human Rights Although the idea that adequate nutrition should be regarded as a fundamental human right appears in many different contexts in international law - these are not binding in practice. Another focus of this SCN News is on Nutrition Transition: Large shifts in dietary composition are taking place in some lower income countries with important implications for... Published in 1993, by |
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SCN News No 11 - Maternal and Child Nutrition This SCN News focuses on maternal and child nutrition. Birthweight, child growth and adolescent growth - all needing good nutrition - determine nutritional status before and during pregnancy. Therefore, maternal nutrition influences foetal growth and birthweight, of this and future generations. Published in 1994, by |
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SCN News No 13 - Behavioural Change and Nutrition Programmes; Poor Nutrition and Chronic Disease This issue of SCN News features a report of discussions at the ACC/SCN symposium on behavioural change and nutrition programmes as well as a report of the proceedings of the ACC/SCN symposium on nutrition in the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity in developing countries. Published in 1995, by |
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SCN News No 14 - Meeting the Nutrition Challenge The focus of this issue of SCN News is on the nutrition challenge in the 21st century. New estimates of trends in malnutrition show some improvement worldwide, but at a substantially slower rate in the last few years than in the 1980s. This slowdown is cause for concern. It means that while the end of hunger and malnutrition had been coming into sight in the... Published in 1997, by |
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SCN News No 15 - Effective Programmes in Africa for Improving Nutrition This SCN News presents an overview of the Symposium 'Effective Programmes in Africa for Improving Nutrition, including Household Food Security' which was held at the SCN's 23rd Session in Accra, Ghana in February 1996. Published in 1997, by |
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SCN News No 16 - Nutrition of the School-age Child This feature brings together a variety of articles, and reports of two new publications on the health and nutrition of school-age children. The papers range in content from the assessment of nutritional status in school-age children, to examples of school-based nutrition and feeding programmes in different countries. The nutritional concerns of school... Published in 1998, by |
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SCN News No 19 - Nutrition and Healthy Ageing It is projected that in 20 years there will be twice as many older people in the world, and 70% will live in developing countries. A radical change in our perception is needed: older people are not "burdens" or "problems" needing charity, but rather carers of children, advisers, teachers, guardians of culture, and volunteers for numerous community projects.... Published in 1999, by |
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SCN News No 29 - Overweight and Obesity: A New Nutrition Emergency? This issue of SCN News highlights the global challenge involved in effectively addressing the increasing public health problem of overweight and obesity. Our goal is to update readers and raise awareness of the issues related to overweight and obesity from a broad perspective and highlight recent global efforts and actions for their prevention and control. Published in 2004, by |
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SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda. This issue provides the outcomes of the 33rd Annual Session focusing on Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition. This is the first time the SCN addresses malnutrition in all its forms affecting both the developing and industrialized worlds. The objective was to develop clear... Published in 2006, by |
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SCN News No 33 - Diet-related Chronic Diseases and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in West Africa This issue of the SCN News features the papers presented at the Nutrition Forum meeting in Cape Verde. This is the results of a new collaborative arrangement between the SCN and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) of the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS). The Nutrition Forum of ECOWAS brings together the nutrition focal points of... Published in 2006, by |
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SCN News No 35 - Universal Salt Iodization (USI) This edition of the SCN News is about one of the greatest success stories in international nutrition, that of Universal Salt Iodization. Although much still remains to be done, remarkable advances have been achieved in the fight against Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in the last two decades. Published in 2007, by |
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Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Volume I: Global and Regional Results This Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation comes at an important time. In the near future human well-being, to which nutrition is fundamental, could improve more rapidly throughout the world; but economic adjustments and mass migration are continuing threats. The results here show steady, if slow, progress in many countries in the last few years.... Published in 1992, by |
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Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Volume II: Country Trends Methods and Statistics Country-level data are intended to illustrate and promote understanding of observed trends in nutrition. They also, importantly, show the variety of situations, smoothed out in the regional data, from rapid improvement to stagnation or deterioration. As discussed in the text, the choice of countries was biased towards those with large populations. This means... Published in 1993, by |
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Stratégie régionale et plan d’action pour une approche intégrée de la prévention des maladies chroniques et de la lutte contre celles–ci La présente Stratégie régionale pour les Amériques a quatre lignes d’action qui reconnaissent qu’il faut accorder la priorité aux maladies chroniques dans les programmes politiques et de santé publique; identifier la surveillance en tant que composante clé; reconnaître que les systèmes de santé doivent être réorientés pour répondre aux... Published in 2007, by |
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The cultural dimension of food The history of man's relationship with food is an extraordinary social and cultural epic. From the discovery of fire that, to quote Levi Strauss “made human beings human”, to the development of national culinary identities that, according to Rozin, represent the nutritional wisdom of the respective cultures, food is the authentic evidence at every... Published in 2009, by |
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The environmental food crisis – The environment’s role in averting future food crises A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action is taken. The report provides the first summary by the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and life... Published in 2009, by |
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The Food & Farming Transition: Toward a Post Carbon Food System How can we continue feeding humanity in a future of declining resources and environmental crisis? This report explores the growing vulnerabilities of the current food system, and the steps needed to transition to a post-carbon food system. Published in 2009, by |
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The Millenium Development Goals Report 2010 This report shows how much progress has been made. Perhaps most important, it shows that the Goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies, policies and programmes are supported by international development partners. At the same time, it is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won... Published in 2010, by |
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The state of the world population 2009 How do population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change? Will urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world? And could better reproductive health care and improved relations between women and men make a difference in the fight against climate change? Find the answers in the State of World Population 2009. Published in 2009, by |
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The Way Forward on Food and Nutrition Security Statement Prepared by Joachim von Braun (Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute) for the World Summit on Food Security November 16, 2009 Published in 2009, by |
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Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation This Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of SCN reports initiated in the mid 80s on nutritional status of populations in developing countries. The centrepiece of earlier reports was estimates of regional trends in underweight of preschool children. This Third Report presents, for the first time, information on global and... Published in 1997, by |