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South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD

Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas 

New Lancet health report lists how bad climate change can hit India

Expect more malnutrition as yield potential of key crops shrink

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ICAR to launch tuber crops scheme in Attappady

Kerala chief minister claims it will provide food and livelihood security of tribals

Food basket is shrinking

Local fruits and veggies hold the key to food, nutritional security

Africa must be priority if humanity is to conquer hunger; but it is only getting worse there

By 2030, Africa will be home to the largest number of undernourished people

India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey

West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago

UN to cut food supplies to African refugees

The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent

Healthcare services for adivasis in a shambles

Pregnant, anaemic, adivasi women do not even get iron tablets

Lancet series launch in India angers health activists

Series of papers calls for engaging private sector in fighting malnutrition

Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF

Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity

WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'

3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually

Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity

World Food Day: Plant-based diet can fix food inequality, cut premature deaths says report

Plant-based diets can cut down carbon emissions by 30%; wildlife loss by 46%

'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'

India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report

What is ‘noma’, the latest addition to WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases

The severe gangrenous disease of mouth and face has 90% mortality rate and is associated with extreme poverty, malnutrition

Launch of State of India’s Environment 2023: In Figures — what to expect & how to register

The e-book will be released in an online event at 12 noon on June 4, 2023

Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO

Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses

Half of the world’s hungry people live in Asia-Pacific; Southern Asia worst affected: FAO

Higher food, feed, and fuel prices, combined with a slow recovery from COVID-19 pandemic to blame; women fared worse in food insecurity

1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court

Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis 

Programme for maternal and child malnutrition gets Rs 300 crore

It was announced last year but could not take off due to fund crunch

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