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Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation

The 5th Report continues the tradition of reporting on trends in nutrition throughout the life cycle and of challenging the nutrition community. But instead of asking the question: how is nutrition affected by global changes? the 5th Report asks the question more proactively: how can a nutrition perspective accelerate the attainment of a comprehensive set of...

Published in 2004, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Food and the Environment - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2

Tunza in UNEP's magazine for youth, and this Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 is a special issue concentrating on themes on food and environment.

Published in 2008, by UNEP

Getting fossil fuels off the plate

This publication is an excerpted chapter from The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises that features essays by some of the world’s most provocative thinkers on the key issues shaping our new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and community resilience.

Published in 2010, by Michael Bomford

Global Health Risks: Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks

This World Health Organization report states that the leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glu­cose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%). These risks are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases such as heart...

Published in 2009, by WHO

Healthy growth and nutrition in children

Today more than ever, nutrition appears to be a testing ground where differences and inequalities between North and South of the world measure against each other, in particular with regards to childhood. In developed countries, if on the one hand obesity and overweight are dramatically increasing among young people, on the other adults has been affecting...

Published in 2010, by Barilla Center

L’alimentation et l’environnement - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2

Tunza est le magazine du PNUE pour les jeunes, et ce Tunza Vol 6 n ° 2 est un numéro spécial consacré à des questions alimentaires et l'environnement. SOMMAIRE Éditorial La crise de l’alimentation Les héros oubliés TUNZA répond à tes questions Déchets utiles La cuisine bas carbone Nourrir le monde Je retourne vers mon avenir Un...

Published in 2008, by PNUE - UNEP

Los Alimentos y el Medio Ambiente - Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2

Tunza es la revista del PNUMA para los jóvenes, y este Tunza Vol. 6 No. 2 es un número especial centrado en temas de alimentos y el medio ambiente. INDICE Editorial Alimento en crisis Héroes olvidados TUNZA contesta tus preguntas Basura útil Cortando carbono Alimentando el mundo Vuelvo al pasado para mi futuro Un dilema orgánico ...

Published in 2008, by PNUMA - UNEP

Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action

Putting an end to extreme malnutrition will lay the foundation for improving the health and well-being of the present generation and lead to benefits for future generations over the 21st century. This report is written primarily for the community of international development partners, as well as those in government and civil society concerned with action to improve nutrition.

Published in 2006, by World Bank

SCN News No 16 - Nutrition of the School-age Child

This feature brings together a variety of articles, and reports of two new publications on the health and nutrition of school-age children. The papers range in content from the assessment of nutritional status in school-age children, to examples of school-based nutrition and feeding programmes in different countries. The nutritional concerns of school...

Published in 1998, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

SCN News No 29 - Overweight and Obesity: A New Nutrition Emergency?

This issue of SCN News highlights the global challenge involved in effectively addressing the increasing public health problem of overweight and obesity. Our goal is to update readers and raise awareness of the issues related to overweight and obesity from a broad perspective and highlight recent global efforts and actions for their prevention and control.

Published in 2004, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda

SCN News No 32 - Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda. This issue provides the outcomes of the 33rd Annual Session focusing on Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition. This is the first time the SCN addresses malnutrition in all its forms affecting both the developing and industrialized worlds. The objective was to develop clear...

Published in 2006, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

SCN News No 33 - Diet-related Chronic Diseases and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in West Africa

This issue of the SCN News features the papers presented at the Nutrition Forum meeting in Cape Verde. This is the results of a new collaborative arrangement between the SCN and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) of the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS). The Nutrition Forum of ECOWAS brings together the nutrition focal points of...

Published in 2006, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Volume I: Global and Regional Results

This Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation comes at an important time. In the near future human well-being, to which nutrition is fundamental, could improve more rapidly throughout the world; but economic adjustments and mass migration are continuing threats. The results here show steady, if slow, progress in many countries in the last few years....

Published in 1992, by UN Standing Committee on Nutrition