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World Bank

Food Finance Architecture : Financing a Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable Food System (English)

Report

22 Oct 2021

Today’s food systems generate 12 trillion dollars in hidden social, economic and environmental costs. Implementing five "food finance imperatives" would not only reduce these costs but help unlock 4.5 trillion dollars in new business opportunities every year. Mobilising smart capital for a more sustainable food system is key to COVID-19 (coronavirus) recovery, job creation, eliminating hunger, p...

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NCD Child

Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory

Publication

21 Sep 2021

Childhood obesity has been rising in all world regions; 2019 estimates were that 158 million children aged 5 to 19 years are living with obesity, of whom many live in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there has been limited to no progress to halt the rise in more than 20 years, and this number is projected to increase to 254 million by 2030. NCD Child, a global multi-stakeholder coa...

PublicationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

World Food Safety Day 2021

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15 Sep 2021

With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a heathy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits of producing and consuming safe food. It was a day to remember that food safety is part of food security and good health. It was a time to recognize the intrinsic connections between the health of people, plants, animals, the environment and economy. And it...

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World Health Organization

Global protocol for measuring fatty acid profiles of foods, with emphasis on monitoring trans-fatty acids originating from partially hydrogenated oils

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04 Feb 2021

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NCD Alliance

Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm - Unhealthy commodity industries and COVID-19

Report

15 Sep 2020

Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm: Unhealthy commodity industries and COVID-19, authored by the NCD Alliance and the SPECTRUM Consortium, is a preliminary exposé and analysis of tactics and strategies adopted by the unhealthy commodity industries during the COVID-19 pandemic to date. The report outlines four main strategies - pandemic-tailored marketing campaigns and stunts, corporate social resp...

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World Health Organization

Countdown to 2030 WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2020

Report

10 Sep 2020

In May 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global elimination of industrially produced TFA by 2023 and released the REPLACE action framework. The framework is a roadmap for countries to implement the prompt, complete and sustained elimination of industrially produced TFA from the food supply. In May 2019, WHO released six REPLACE modules, which provide practical, step-by-step...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+3

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Wiley Library: Paediatric Blood and Cancer

Nutritional concerns of survivors of childhood cancer: A “First World” perspective

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15 Aug 2020

Childhood cancer survivor (CCS) numbers are increasing as a result of advances in both treatment and supportive care. This positive outcome is tempered by the recognition of a high burden of chronic health conditions. Here, we review the nutritional concerns of CCS, including dietary habits after treatment and the factors during treatment that may contribute to chronic health conditions. Dietary i...

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World Health Organization

Food and nutrition tips during self-quarantine

Guide

27 Mar 2020

Note: This guidance is aimed at individuals and families in contexts where self-quarantine and isolation have been recommended or required. As countries are taking stronger measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, self-quarantine and the temporary closing of businesses may affect normal food-related practices. Healthy individuals, as well as those showing acute respiratory disease symptoms,...

GuideCommunicable diseasesNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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Wiley Library: Paediatric Blood and Cancer

The relevance of nutrition to pediatric oncology: A cancer control perspective

Publication

15 Feb 2020

It is indisputable that adequate and appropriate nutrition is fundamental to the health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents, including those with cancer. Nutrition has a role in most of the accepted components of the cancer control spectrum, from prevention through to palliation. The science of nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, and bioactive foods (phytochemicals), and how n...

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World Health Organization

Nutrition Knowledge Hub

Database

09 Jan 2019

By building the technical and functional capacities of all relevant staff at WHO through e-learning courses and key nutrition-related training and knowledge materials, the Nutrition Knowledge Hub aims to contribute to the acceleration and increase of the nutrition impact at the country level. The Nutrition Knowledge Hub also offers free and open courses to reach a larger public and raise awareness...

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?

Report

02 Jan 2019

This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum).&nbsp;

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Prevalence of Obesity: A Public Health Problem Poorly Understood

Article

28 Dec 2018

This review article discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) in support of a total diet approach to achieving diet and health goals, especially as they relate to the obesity epidemic. However, some scientists and organizations have identified one food, food group, or nutrient as the cause of the obesity epidemic and recommend that simply reducing that food/food group/nutrient will solv...

ArticleNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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