First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Nutrition
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2010: addressing food insecurity in protracted crises
Following more than a decade of seemingly inexorable increases in the number of undernourished people, estimates for 2010 presented in this edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World show a slight glimmer of hope, with the first fall since 1995.
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Global hunger index 2010: the challenge of hunger - focus on the crisis of child undernutrition
As the world approaches the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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Common wealth or common hunger?: malnutrition and its impact on child survival in the Commonwealth
More than 82 million children are underweight in commonwealth countries, according to Save the Children in a new report, which says that if these children are ever to stand a fair chance of survival
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Minister stresses need for nutritional security
Importance:Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, at a workshop on micro nutrients in Chennai recently. CHENNAI: Ensuring the nutritional security of children is essential for a healthy community, Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam said here recently.
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Second green revolution on the way
A meeting between the USA
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Hope and stasis for malnutrition in India
Lawrence Haddad We need to make sure nutrition is not easily neglected. And that means putting pressure on leaders throughout society to focus on nutrition. I have just finished a trip to India to help contribute to the efforts on ending malnutrition. The politicians and media were talking about the sparkling new economic growth and development figures.
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What's So Great About Organic Food?
Looking for a quick way to feel lousy about yourself? Then forget the idea of a healthy diet and just eat what your body wants you to eat. Your body wants meat; your body wants fat; your body wants salt and sugar. Your body will put up with fruits and vegetables if it must, but only after all the meat, fat, salt and sugar are gone.
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Scientist appeals for better food, nutrition
Jorhat, Sept.
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Orissa lagging behind in ICDS achievement
BHUBANESWAR: Even after three decades of its launch, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in Orissa is yet to achieve half of its nutritional objective. As per the latest report, the nutritional status of only 47.33 per cent children under ICDS are detected as normal as on December 31, 2009.
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Food security atlas of rural Rajasthan
<p class="MsoNormal">Rajasthan is under the grip of severe food insecurity with 22 of its 32 districts being labeled as ‘most food insecure’ in this study released by Institute for Human Development & World Food Programme. </p>