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SCN News No 10 - Nutrition and Food Aid; Nutrition and Human Rights

Although the idea that adequate nutrition should be regarded as a fundamental human right appears in many different contexts in international law - these are not binding in practice. Another focus of this SCN News is on Nutrition Transition: Large shifts in dietary composition are taking place in some lower income countries with important implications for...

Published in 1993, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition