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Published in : 2002 Available in : English No nation can afford to waste its greatest national resource: the intellectual power of its people. But that is precisely what is happening where low birth weight is common,where children fail to achieve their full potential growth,where micronutrient deficiencies permanently damage the brain,and where anemia and short-term hunger limit children’s performance at school. Increasingly in this world, it is intellectual resources, not natural or physical resources, that determine national power Documents : Brief2_EN (PDF, 269.33Kb) Brief2_SP (PDF, 111.04Kb) Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications |
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This resource is listed under: Themes : Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, School age nutrition and adolescents , general, Undernutrition, general, Fortification, Fortification, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, School feeding, School feeding, Underweight Life-cycle focus : Fetal development, School age, Adolescence Resource types : Advocacy briefs, Tools and toolkits Working groups : Micronutrients, Nutrition of School-Age Children, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle |
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