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...‘Numbers matter’ Last week, I answered a lengthy questionnaire on my doorstep, where I was also weighed and measured, and even had blood taken — all part of Mexico’s official health and nutrition survey...
...(Guardian, FT, Vox) Vaccine hunt Global donors pledged more than $8.8bn over five years for child vaccination programmes in low-income countries that aim to save up to 8m lives from diseases such as measles...
...Action has positive economic effects: for every dollar invested in nutrition there is a $17 gain, says the WHO....
...(Vox) Lessons from history Last weekend's first world war centenary commemorations brought home the horror of mechanised warfare....
...Proposed remedies include improved early-years nutrition; better food environments and labelling; and sugar taxes....
...(WHO, Nature, Science) Nutrition news Nigerian food companies plan to add nutrients to staples such as salt, flour and sugar to improve health, especially among children, seven per cent of whom die before...
...For example, Dylan Matthews of Vox observes that childcare and eldercare, which are both proposed as potential public-sector jobs, “require significant training to do effectively”....
...(Vox) Changing habits The WHO said saturated fats should make up no more than 10 per cent of a person's diet....
...(The Lancet) Action on nutrition The UN Decade of Action on nutrition will succeed only if there is political commitment at country level....
...(FT, Vox, Kaiser Health News) Challenge from China Pharma companies are stepping up their push into the US generics market....
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