BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World governments will need to lift 185,000 people out of hunger each day for the next 12 years in order to meet global goals to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, a United Nations expert said on Wednesday. The calculation was made by Kostas Stamoulis, assistant director-general of the U.N. […]
Leveraging Social Protection for Improved Nutrition
Child stunting–that is, when children are too short for their age–is a serious issue. It is a consequence of inadequate nutrition and health, which reduce the chance that children will develop well, do well in school, earn a good living, and escape poverty. Although stunting in Bangladesh has dropped a lot over the past two […]
Is this food the key to reduce stunting?
Dairy intake can reduce childhood stunting in Bangladesh, suggests a study. The US-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently unveiled the study report where researchers mentioned that Bangladesh has low levels of per capita milk consumption. The social science researcher group also mentioned some factors, including severe land constraints and historical unavailability of milk […]
Dairy intake reduces stunting among children in Bangladesh
Milk consumption has helped in reducing stunting by as much as 10.4 points among children in Bangladesh, a study finds. Bangladesh has low levels of per capita milk consumption—less than half compared to that of India—due to several factors, including unavailability of milk, according to the study titled “Household dairy production and child growth: Evidence […]
Can social protection tackle micronutrient deficiencies in Bangladesh?
IFPRI builds a stronger case for the power of cash transfers and high quality nutrition education to tackle Bangladesh's nutrition challenges.