Highlighting the importance of the anthropometric indicators in assessing children’s nutritional status, the official said ‘weight for age’, ‘weight for height’, and ‘height for age’ are among the ...
Four years ago the United Nations (UN) member states created a list of international development targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals. These included 17 urgent calls for action aimed at ...
A new study shows that coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns are leading to the deaths 10,000 children per month and stunting the growth of millions more. “It’s been seven months since the first ...
2023 JAN 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Current study results on diet and nutrition have been published. According to news reporting originating from the ...
July, when the international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) raised ...
The United Nations plans to scale up nutrition to fight child stunting in Kenya. Already the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) have agreed to ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s new government started an ambitious $28 million project Monday to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting although ...
The scope of childhood malnutrition has decreased since 2000, although millions of children under five years of age are still undernourished and, as a result, have stunted growth. An international ...
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