Malnutrition

A woman shops for frozen foods on an aisle across from sodas and other sugary drinks for sale at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California.
Key Takeaways

Nutritionists Want to Regulate the Food Industry Like Tobacco

The Lancet Commission proposes a tax on red meat as one method to fight the "syndemic."

South Sudanese children from the Dinka ethnic group at a cattle camp in the town of Yirol, in central South Sudan.
Social Justice

In South Sudan, Veterinarians Work to Stave Off Famine

Veterinarians have become an integral part of the humanitarian response to malnutrition in the war-torn country.

Venezuelan citizens cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge from San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela to the Norte de Santander province of Colombia.
News in Brief

Venezuela's Hunger Crisis Spills Into Colombia

At least 660,000 Venezuelan migrants have fled the country due to internal strife, but they are not finding relief in their neighboring country.

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News in Brief

In Botswana, Data Collection Problems Exacerbate Undernutrition

The country is ambitiously attempting to tackle malnutrition and stunting in children, but a lack of reliable statistics hampers its efforts to end the problem.

A Nepali woman with her child in Janakpur.
Social Justice

Nepal's Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Stunting in Children

Due to malnutrition, the country once had one of the highest rates of stunted children in the world, but those numbers are falling.