nutrition

Children play at the multi-ethnic Krupskaya School in the town of Nookat, Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan. (November 2010)
OCHA/Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia

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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A researcher tests tomatoes at the IAEA’s Food and Environmental Laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria.
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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A market at a food cooperative in Orto Sole cooperative farm in Fiumicino and Torrimpietra, Italy. In a new report, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for more health and balanced diets in the Europe and Central Asia.
FAO/Alessandra Benedetti

Europe, Central Asia 'transitioning' to new nutrition challenges, cautions UN agency

14 March 2017
Warning that new consumption patterns in Europe and Central Asian countries are leading to complex health challenges, the United Nations food security agency today called for policies tailored to the income and nutrition profile of these developed countries to prevent them from “transitioning” to new forms of food and nutrition insecurity.
Countries should promote the sustainable production of fresh, safe and nutritious foods to counter overweight and obesity, which have greatly increased, especially among women and children, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
FAO

Processed foods drive surge in obesity rates in Latin America and Caribbean – UN-backed report

19 January 2017
Obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and are prevalent particularly among women and children, according to a new United Nations-backed report.