FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva explains why FAO and WHO will be co-hosting ICN2, the Second International Conference on Nutrition, in November 2014, and considers how the event will influence the development agenda in years to come.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world continue to suffer from hunger and malnutrition, governments should make stronger commitments at the upcoming Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to ensure healthier diets for all. That's according to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization of the...

Dr. Francesco Branca discusses challenges for achieving good nutrition among adolescents.

This video presents eLENA - an online library of evidence-informed guidelines for an expanding list of nutrition interventions. eLENA is a single point of reference for:- latest nutrition guidelines and recommendations- scientific evidence supporting the guidelines- statements on biological, behavioural and contextual rationale - commentaries from invited experts- related informationeLENA aims...

It is universally agreed that child undernutrition is a major problem. Malnourished children are more susceptible to disease. Looking further along their lives, malnutrition will also lower their learning capacities, thus compromising their futures, perpetuating a generational cycle of poverty and malnutrition, with severe consequences on both individuals and nations....