Poor diet quality has been identified as a primary driver of malnutrition and increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Low fruit and vegetable consumption contributes to poor diet quality.
Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes have the potential to improve child nutrition outcomes, but livestock intensification may pose risks related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) conditions.
The reverberations of the Ukraine–Russia conflict have been keenly felt in 2022 as the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine quickly cascaded across the globe, significantly exacerbating existing pressures on global systems.
Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting 800 million women and children globally.
Zinc deficiency is a severe public health problem in Bangladesh.
Agricultural development projects increasingly aim to improve health and nutrition outcomes, often by engaging women.
We investigate the effect of a modest food safety premium on semisubsistence farmers' investment in a food safety technology.
Low coverage of effective nutrition interventions in many high-burden countries, due to service provision and demand factors, result in poor uptake of recommended practices and nutrition outcomes.
Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition.
Bangladesh struggles with undernutrition in women and young children. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes can help address rural undernutrition. However, questions remain on the costs of multisectoral programmes.
Nutrient enriched crops (NECs) were developed through biofortification as a tool to reach the world's most vulnerable.
Time use, or how women and men allocate their time, is an important element of empowerment processes.
Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes.
The National Nutrition Services of Bangladesh aims to deliver nutrition services through the primary health care system.
Calcium intake remains inadequate in many low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa and South Asia, where average intakes can be below 400 mg/day.
Antenatal care (ANC) is the largest health platform globally for delivering maternal nutrition interventions (MNIs) to pregnant women. Yet, large missed opportunities remain in nutrition service delivery.
Adequate dietary diversity among infants is often suboptimal in developing countries.
Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question's intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued.