New international standards for fetal growth and newborn size provide the first accurate measurements of ideal growth and development from conception to birth. Published in The Lancet, these new standards will help determine when the nutrition and healthcare needs of the developing baby are not being met. Specifically, the standards...

Malnutrition and high rates of childhood stunting in Bangladesh could be reduced significantly if nutrition education is incorporated into different social safety net programmes (SSNPs), experts say. A recent study conducted by the Washington-based global food policy think-tank International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has found out that mere transfer...

Following an eight-month magazine series investigating how to feed our growing population, the National Geographic Society has committed to extending and expanding its coverage of food issues into the years to come. In honour of World Food Day, the Society compiled its recent magazine series into a free iPad app,...

Nigeria’s wildly popular film industry “Nollywood” has partnered with HarvestPlus to film four movies that both entertain and inform Nigerians on how they can improve their diets and health. The movies feature vitamin A cassava in the storylines, a yellow variety that has the potential to provide almost half of...

On September 24th, representatives from UN member state, academia, business and civil society gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for EATx, a forum of interactive discussions aimed at addressing the urgently needed shift towards healthy and sustainable food to feed the world’s population. The event was scheduled...