Supplement to the January 2010 edition of the Journal of Nutrition:
`Impact of Climate Change, the Economic Crisis and the Increase in Food Prices`
Almost one year after our successful workshop on the above topic, the proceeding were published as a supplement to the January 2010 edition of the Journal of Nutrition. This unique supplement, the first to address the impact of the triple crises on malnutrutrion, covers a broad range of current topics relevant for the broader nutrition community and beyond. It should be used as a wake up-call for decision makers to save the life of this and futrue generations of children.
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World Food Crisis: A Wake-Up Call to Save a Generation of Children. Participants Statement: Castel Gondolfo, Italy, 25 January, 2009
Badham J
Castel Gandolfo Workshop: An Introduction to the Impact of Climate Change, the Economic Crisis, and the Increase in the Food Prices on Malnutrition
Bloem MW, Semba RD, Kraemer K
Editorial Comment: Helping the Vulnerable
Nabarro D
How to Ensure Nutrition Security in the Global Economic Crisis to Protect and Enhance Development of Yong Children and Our Common Future
de Pee S, Brinkman HJ, Webb P, Godfrey S, Darnton-Hill I, Alderman H, Semba RD, Piwoz E, Bloem MW
Medium- to Long-Run Implications of High Food Prices for Global Nutrition
Webb P
Safety Nets Can Help Address the Risks to Nutrition from Increasing Climate Variability
Alderman H
High Food Prices and the Global Financial Crisis Have Reduced Access to Nutritious Food and Worsened Nutritional Status and Health
Brinkman HJ, de Pee S, Sanogo I, Subran L, Bloem MW
Maternal and Young Child Nutrition
Adversely Affected by External Shocks Such as Increasing Global Food Prices
Darnton-Hill I, Cogill B
The Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis Affect the Urban and Rural Poor Disproportionately: A Review of the Evidence
Ruel MT, Garrett JL, Hawkes C, Cohen MJ
Impact of the Economic Crisis and Increase in Food Prices on Child Mortality: Exploring Nutritional Pathways
Christian P
Household Dietary Diversity and Food Expenditures Are Closely Linked in Rural Bangladesh, Increasing the Risk of Malnutrition Due to the Financial Crisis
Thorne-Lyman A, Valpiani N, Sun K, Semba RD, Klotz CL, Kraemer K, Akhter N, de Pee S, Moench-Pfanner R, Sari M, Bloem MW
Household Rice Expenditure and Maternal and Child Nutritional Status in Bangladesh
Campbell AA, de Pee S, Sun K, Kraemer K, Thorne-Lyman A, Moench-Pfanner R, Sari M, Akhter N, Bloem MW, Semba RD
Higher Household Expenditure on Animal-Source and Nongrain Foods Lowers the Risk of Stunting among Children 0-59 Months Old in Indonesia: Implications of Rising Food Prices
Sari M, de Pee S, Bloem MW, Sun K, Thorne-Lyman A, Moench-Pfanner R, Akhter N, Kraemer K, Sember RD
Vitamin A Intake and Staturs in Populations Facing Economic Stress
West KP, Mehra S
The Role of Expanded Coverage of the National Vitamin A Program in Preventing Morbidity and Mortality among Preschool Children in India
Semba RD, de Pee S, Sun K, Bloem MW, Raju VK
Macronutrient Supplementation and Food Prices in HIV Treatment
Sztam KA, Fawzi WW, Duggan C
Preventing Food Crisis Using a Food Policy Approach
Timmer CP
Expert panel convened to advance unified advocacy on global problem of hidden hunger
On the eve of the 2009 International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) in Bangkok on October 5–9, 2009, SIGHT AND LIFE convened an expert consultation to advance a unified advocacy strategy for including essential micronutrients as part of commitments to alleviate global hunger in all its forms. The meeting sought to develop a shared framework for consistently communicating issues on micronutrient malnutrition, or hidden hunger, and start the process of mapping global hidden hunger, in advance of the next World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2010.
