Nutrition
Micronutrient Supplements from Kirk Humanitarian
September 10, 2026 One of the least known players in fighting global hunger is a quiet foundation based in Salt Lake City, Kirk Humanitarian, which buys micronutrient supplements from commercial manufacturers and donates them to UNICEF and to NGOs including Vitamin Angels, Direct Relief, Sigh...
Disasters and Malnutrition: a Global Study
September 8, 2026 A global study published this week finds that natural disasters in lower-income countries increase child malnutrition. Publishing in Pediatric Research, the authors, Adriano La Vecchia, Eleonora Borrione, Benedetta Esposito, Mattia Baglioni, Carlo Agostoni, Cristiana Berti &a...
Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement(s) to Fight Malnutrition
August 17, 2026 Aid agencies are scaling up the distribution of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS, or LNS) to help reduce malnutrition in vulnerable families worldwide. Delivered in compact, 20-gram pouches roughly the size of a ketchup packet, this peanut butter-flav...
Specialty Foods for Malnourished Children (Plumpy’Nut and RUTF)
August 2, 2026 Highly-enriched foods tailored to the biological needs of severely malnourished children are a major form of international aid. At the 2025 roundtable about America's comparative advantages for solving hunger, food insecurity and nutrition overseas, organized by World H...
Patrick Webb, Global Nutritionist Takes Lead at Cornell
July 11, 2026 Patrick Webb, the world's leading expert about nutrition science, food aid, famine and resilience this week began a new step in his lengthy career. Webb just joined Cornell University on July 1, 2026, as the inaugural Executive Director of the new Ashley School of Global Developm...
Study from China: Nutritional Deprivation Early in Life Has Long-term Consequences
June 20, 2026 A new Study in Social Science & Medicine, which tracks over 15,000 Chinese over many years finds that early childhood exposure to famine is associated later in life with poorer cognition, arthritis, rhemitism, job loss and early retirement. The study by Qixin Zhu, Eleanora Fich...
Malnutrition & Death Risks Rise in Bangladesh
May 11, 2026 Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, Prothom Alo, reported this week about a concerning decline in child health following decades of improvement, specifically regarding nutrition and measles. Health professionals have long recognized the insidious risks for children who are...
Interview: Edesia’s Maria Kasparian & Specialty Nutrition Foods
April 20, 2026 The WHES board met with and interviewed Maria Kasparian, expert about Plumpy’Nut which has become one of the most recognizable tools in the fight against severe acute malnutrition among young children around the world. Plumpy’Nut is one brand of the broader food type cal...
Food Fortification Efficiently Prevents Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency
March 5, 2026 A new analysis of food fortification programs finds that the fortification of consumer foods is cost-effective in the majority of contexts in reducing deficiency diseases of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). The findings are available online, as published by Elise Cogo, ...
New Approach to Controlling Malnutrition in Somalia
Childhood malnutriiton can be addressed by their communities via an initiative in Somalia developed by the "Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition (MIYCAN) working group and fostered by UNICEF and the federal department of health of Somalia in the Horn of Africa. As of early 2026, th...
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