nutrition

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

News in Brief 16 May 2019

16 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Fears over rising Ebola infections in DR Congo, lack of funding for safe burials 
  • More than 20 million babies born with a low birthweight, warns UN report 
  • Healthy diets vital for progress in Laos say UN food agencies 
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© UNHCR/N. Micevic

News in Brief 3 May 2019

3 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Attacks in DRC continue to terrorize the population: UN refugee agency
  • Iran: execution of child offenders ‘absolutely prohibited’, says UN human rights chief
  • Distribution of ‘super cereal’ suspended by WFP, while tests continue
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© UNHCR/Fabio Cuttica

News in Brief 08 November 2018

8 November 2018
News in Brief
  • Supporting host countries that support refugees
  • Central African Republic still in cross-hairs
  • Weigh up the real cost of burgers, urges UN Environment
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© FAO/G. Agostinucci

Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report

7 November 2018
Health

With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a co-authored report on Wednesday, urging policymakers to reduce food loss and waste, to improve access to nutritious and healthy food.

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‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines

4 May 2018
Health

People everywhere need to cut down on their consumption of artery-clogging fatty foods, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging, in a new report released on Friday.

Children playing at the multi-ethnic Krupskaya School in the town of Nookat, Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan. UN estimates indicate 41 million children under the age of five are overweight.
OCHA/Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia, T. Jeanneret

News in Brief 05 October 2017 (AM)

5 October 2017
News in Brief

Experts, UN agencies meet to fight poor nutrition in obese people

Three UN agencies have come together this week to tackle what they describe as the “double burden” of malnutrition.

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OCHA/Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia, T. Jeanneret

Counselling and dieting among new UN health agency guidelines on child obesity

4 October 2017
An estimated 41 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, United Nations health experts warned today, launching new guidelines to tackle what they call a global epidemic.
Peter Thomson, President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, speaks to journalists on the Ocean Conference.
UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist (file)

SIDS share “unique challenges” to food security and nutrition

6 July 2017
General News

The launch of a Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in the Small Island Developing States or SIDS has been welcomed by the UN.

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IAEA

UN agencies explore nuclear applications to combat food fraud and contamination

9 June 2017
Through a joint project, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are exploring mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination, which result in global annual in the billions and pose a serious public health threat.
A female school student in Somalia. © UNICEF Somalia/2015/Rich

Sanitary facilities and adequate nutrition key factors in keeping girls in school

12 April 2017
General News

Girls who do not have access to separate sanitary facilities or enough to eat are more likely to drop out of school, and in displaced communities, the problem is exacerbated.

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