Introduction [in Global Nutrition Report 2015]

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Chapter 1 in Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development, 2015, pp 2-8 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Good nutrition signals the realization of people’s rights to food and health. It reflects a narrowing of the inequalities in our world. Without good nutrition, human beings cannot achieve their full potential. When nutrition status improves, it helps break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, generates broad-based economic growth, and leads to a host of positive consequences for individuals, families, communities, and countries. Good nutrition provides both a foundation for human development and the scaffolding needed to ensure it reaches its full potential. Good nutrition, in short, is an essential driver of sustainable development.

Keywords: economic growth; safety net programs; sustainable development goals; economic development; agricultural policies; public-private cooperation; stunting; hiv infections; wasting disease (nutritional disorder); children; initiatives; micronutrients; diet; poverty; overweight; obesity; climate change; anaemia; undernutrition; implementation; nutrition policies; health; sustainability; hunger; malnutrition; nutrition; private sector; agricultural development; breastfeeding; public expenditure; diabetes; food systems; capacity building; South America; Europe; Africa; Northern America; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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