WFP Launches Emergency Operation To Support 3.5 Million Vulnerable People In DPRK

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching an emergency food and nutrition operation to respond to urgent hunger needs among 3.5 million vulnerable people identified in a multi-agency food security survey that was completed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) last month…

Global Nutrition Conference Focuses On Nutrition For Healthy Aging

A distinguished panel of physicians and nutrition scientists from around the world met for the second annual Global Nutrition Transition Conference, which focused on the effects of changing worldwide dietary patterns on the aging process, specifically the role of nutrition in the health of the brain, skin, immune system and muscles as we age…

Helicobacter Pylori Infection Linked To Decreased Iron Levels In Otherwise Healthy Children

Children without previous iron deficiencies or anemia who remained infected with Helicobacter pylori (H.

Solving The World’s Food Problems Will Require Multiple Approaches

Researchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world’s food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn State biologist. Changes in national and international regulations will be necessary to achieve this goal…

Tomatoes Found To Contain Nutrient Which Prevents Vascular Diseases

They are the most widely produced fruit in the world and now scientists in Japan have discovered that tomatoes contain a nutrient which could tackle the onset of vascular diseases.

U.N. Food Official Highlights Food Security Challenges In World’s Most Populous Nation

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Goji Berries Have The Same Nutrients As Fruits And Vegetables And A Significant Placebo Effect

A University of Granada professor specialist in Nutrition explained that the species Lycium Barbarum currently imported from China comes from the Mediterranean regions and grows in other mild regions of the world. Also, he stated that “Goji berries will not have any positive effect on people that do not follow a balanced diet”…

Black Rice Bran May Reduce Inflammation: New American Chemical Society Podcast

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning podcast series, “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions,” focuses on the discovery that black rice – a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world’s population – may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma and other diseases.

The Obesity Riddle Finally Solved

Researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, can now unveil the results of the world’s largest diet study: If you want to lose weight, you should maintain a diet that is high in proteins with more lean meat, low-fat dairy products and beans and fewer finely refined starch calories such as white bread and white rice…

Global Food Security Fund Announces $97M In Grants For Ethiopia, Mongolia, Niger

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has awarded a second round of grants worth $97 million to Ethiopia, Mongolia and Niger for projects aimed at fighting hunger and poverty, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports. “The World Bank-managed fund allotted 51.5 million dollars to Ethiopia, 33 million to Niger and 12.5 million to Mongolia…

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