The only way to gain weight is to eat more calories than your body requires.
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African countries need multi-sectoral approaches to tackle food insecurity.
If children are not given the nutrition they need, there are long-term effects on their health.
Children have made many sacrifices because of the country’s COVID-19 response, including social isolation, lack of education opportunities and reduced access to nutrition programmes.
There is no clear delineation of roles and responsibilities relating to the integration of clean water, sanitation, safe hygiene and nutritional status.
When two or more epidemics co-exist and compound one another to worsen health, they are said to be syndemic. COVID-19 is feeding on other crises and diseases.
Despite the poverty rate falling, 30.8% of children are still undernourished.
Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the pandemic. Prevention measures must consider the African context.
Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
Nigeria has an alarming number of stunted children. This can hold back the country’s long-term productivity if there is no intervention.
Golden Rice – a controversial genetically modified product designed to combat malnutrition – has been approved as safe in the Philippines. But key questions remain unanswered.
Chronic illness, difficulty eating on their own, and even loneliness are just some of the reasons why people over-65 are more likely to be malnourished.
We found that current indicators underestimate nearly 6 million children suffering from malnutrition.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
Scurvy cases in England have more than doubled in the past ten years. But malnutrition rates have more than tripled.
Nutritious fish are being diverted away from countries that could benefit from them the most.
It’s essential to consider the food industry’s role when it comes to food environments that offer unhealthy, cheap and enticing options.
Sugar taxes may not prevent obesity and associated conditions overnight, but they can be part of the solution.
Students suffer the double burden of malnutrition - hunger and obesity. This results in stress, ill health, poor academic results and increased drop-out rates.
The fact that relative food prices differ so markedly and so systematically provides a very strong rationale for nutrition-focused food policies.
Principais colaboradores
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
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Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Global Health, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Comparative Human Biology, University of Cambridge
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Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Principle dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Post-doctoral fellow, University of British Columbia
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
