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Resources are exclusively related to malnutrition in all its forms, at global level and using multi sector approach. Members are encouraged to upload relevant content (e.g interesting case studies of countries, lessons learned, benchmarking practices, policies and programmes). It will consist of documents dated 2010 onwards.
The UNSCN resources centre is a database of nutrition-related documents and materials. Here, you can retrieve food security and nutrition related documents and/or links that have recently been issued (from 2010 onwards). To access any document issued prior to 2010, please visit the archive section.
Latest Resources
Transforming the food system to fight non-communicable diseases
29/01/2019 - Malnutrition and unhealthy diets are important risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Francesco Branca and colleagues call for changes in both what and how food is produced, marketed, and [...]
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report
27/01/2019 - Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects of climate change will [...]
IAEA’s Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Newsletter – January 2019 edition
23/01/2019 - The 9th Nutritional & Health-related Environmental Studies Newsletter features the following articles. Meeting outcomes International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of [...]
IAEA Brief: Stable Isotope Techniques Help to Address the Double Burden of Malnutrition
23/01/2019 - To be in good health, individuals require nutritious food, high-quality water, physical activity, adequate sleep, and a living environment devoid of germs and toxic contaminants. An imbalance in [...]
Nutrition Exchange - Issue 11/ January 2019
21/01/2019 - Issue 11 of Nutrition Exchange features some common themes of networks and coordination for nutrition, including a short article on the commitments made by Brazil, Ecuador and Italy under the UN [...]
Aligning Policy And Legal Frameworks For Supporting Smallholder Farming Through Public Food Procurement: The Case Of Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes
18/01/2019 - In the past few years, various countries, regions and cities from low-income to high-income economies have been developing a range of food procurement initiatives designed to use the regular demand [...]
EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
17/01/2019 - Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability, however our current trajectories threaten both. The EAT–Lancet Commission addresses the [...]
FAO Policy Guidance Note #12: Food systems for healthy diets
14/01/2019 - Strengthening Sector Policies for Better Food Security and Nutrition Results This guidance note supports the use of a comprehensive food systems approach (rather than a sectoral approach) and gives [...]
Sight and Life and WFP Supplement: Scaling up Rice Fortification in West Africa
19/12/2018 - In West Africa, the prevalence and impact of micronutrient deficiencies are significant, and anemia, vitamin A deficiency, and iodine deficiency remain of public health concern. For example, every [...]
Nutrition News - December 2018
18/12/2018 - In an effort to present nutrition related news at the global and country level, UNSCN and the UNN Secretariats are teaming up to produce the first comprehensive overview of recent developments [...]