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Worldwide, substantial progress has been made in the effort to reduce child mortality. The number of under-5 deaths in the world has declined from nearly 12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011; and the global under-five mortality rate has dropped 41 per cent since 1990 – from 87 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 51 in 2011. [4]
Research on overcoming persistent under-nutrition published by the Institute of Development Studies, argues that the co-existence of India as an 'economic powerhouse' and home to one-third of the world's under-nourished children reflects a failure of the governance of nutrition: "A poor capacity to deliver the right services at the right time ...
Current Developments in Nutrition publishes supplements separate from the main issue, and collections which are articles published across issues. The journal has six areas of emphasis, including Implementation Science; Research Methodology and Study Design Food and Nutrition Policy; Food & Nutrition of Indigenous Peoples; Brief Communications ...
The SBN was established to bring business together behind the SUN Movement and its aim to ensure that all people realise their right to good food and nutrition. In 2015, the SBN surpassed its target of 99 companies, with 160 now making public commitments to improving nutrition, and tracking their progress annually.
Nutrition transition is the shift in dietary consumption and energy expenditure that coincides with economic, demographic, and epidemiological changes. Specifically the term is used for the transition of developing countries from traditional diets high in cereal and fiber to more Western-pattern diets high in sugars, fat, and animal-source food.
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), formerly known as the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), is a pan-African intergovernmental association and a CGIAR Research organization, currently headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. [1] AfricaRice is an agricultural research center that was constituted in 1971 by 11 West African ...
The nutrition pyramid, also known as the food pyramid Nutritional epidemiology examines dietary and nutritional factors in relation to disease occurrence at a population level. [ 1 ] Nutritional epidemiology is a relatively new field of medical research that studies the relationship between nutrition and health. [ 2 ]
In April 2010, the World Bank and the IMF released a policy briefing entitled "Scaling up Nutrition (SUN): A Framework for action" that represented a partnered effort to address the Lancet's Series on under nutrition, and the goals it set out for improving under nutrition. [148]