Malnutrition

Addressing malnutrition in all its forms represents an integrated agenda focusing on the root causes of malnutrition at all stages of the life course. In this section you will find material on the full range of malnutrition topics including childhood and elderly malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight, dysphagia as well as assessment and screening tools like the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®).

Nestle Annales Pediatric issues in time of pandemia
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Pediatric issues in time of pandemia: From infection to nutritional strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted food systems and healthcare provisions. But what has been the impact on child…

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Annales 79.1 - Pediatric issues in time of pandemia: From infection to nutritional strategies

The pandemic has made good nutrition more important, and also harder to achieve. Breastfeeding supports the infant…

91 min read Raanan Shamir, Petach Tikva
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Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2022

Throughout human history it has been known that adequate nutrition is crucial for normal child growth, and this has…

100 min read Moshe Phillip , Dominique Turck, Raanan Shamir, …
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Addressing Malnutrition in Patients with Diabetes Across Care Settings

Diabetes and malnutrition are common and overlapping conditions in the hospital, as well as other care settings. Dr…

Dr. Rosa Burgos Peláez
The dawn of transforming food systems towards healthier and affordable diets
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The dawn of transforming food systems towards healthier and affordable diets produced in a sustainable way

Ending malnutrition is one of the six ‘Action Areas’ within the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016 - 2025…

Prof Eileen Kennedy
How to make nutritious diets more affordable
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How to make nutritious diets more affordable, accessible and adequate

Even before COVID-19, prospects for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for nutrition were bleak. Progress in…

Dr. Uma Lele
Nutrition - A global opportunity for health
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Nutrition: A Global Opportunity for Health

We face a global health paradox: 2.1 billion adults worldwide are overweight or obese, while 821 million people face…

Prof Jeyakumar Henry
Sustainable food systems in a healthy world.
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Sustainable Food Systems in a Healthy World: how do we move Forward in Addressing Malnutrition on a Global Scale

Many of the Millennium Development Goals are ‘wicked problems’ which require complex and systemic approaches to address…

Martin W. Bloem
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Nestlé Research and Development Scientific Roundtable 2021: Food Which is Good for People and the Planet

How can we shift food systems to improve the planet along with our health?