A new joint report by UNICEF Innocenti and the World Food Programme warns of a looming nutrition crisis as more than 39 billion in-school meals have been missed since the start of the pandemic. School meals are critical in ensuring children's health, nutrition, and return to school. Both UNICEF and...
For the past eight years, the Best of UNICEF Research annual competition, managed by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, has invited UNICEF colleagues around the world to submit their best and most recent examples of quality research for children. The aim is to promote research best practices...
Childhood health and nutrition is an important global health issue. Many countries have begun to prioritize the well being of children because they want to prevent mortality and morbidity at a young age. Mitigating childhood malnutrition, including wasting, stunting, and micronutrient deficiencies...
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) is a committee composed of Haverford staff, faculty, and students committed to making Haverford College a more sustainable environment based on the college’s socially responsible principles. I was able to communicate with two of CER’s student...
It’s super hard to stay consistent. In many circumstances, we are told consistency is key. If we stay consistent, then we can make anything happen. Yet, without a buddy to keep us in check, without a regimented schedule, or without a strong-willed mind, we often fail to do what we planned out to do...
This article examined the prevalence of malnutrition alongside stunting, anemia, being overweight or being underweight among women and children at both the state and district levels in India. The authors found a prevalence of dual burdens between malnutrition and anemia, stunting, and being...
Executive Summary Shining a light to spur action on nutrition Malnutrition is a universal issue holding back development with unacceptable human consequences. Yet the opportunity to end malnutrition has never been greater. The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016–2025 and the Sustainable...
In this audio, Professor Stanley Ulijaszek interviews Professor Cristina Padez as part of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) 'Instruments and Institutions' interviews series.
Healthy eating in childhood and adolescence is important for proper growth and development and to prevent various health conditions. The 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that people aged 2 years or older follow a healthy eating pattern that includes the following: A variety of...