Nutrition – the best investment for a developing Africa (IPS)

Inter Press News Agency (Ghana/Zimbabwe) reported on nutrition in Africa. Derek Headey, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, said poor diets, largely defined in terms of excess consumption of unhealthy foods as well as under-consumption of protective foods are now the leading risk factor in the global burden of disease. “That’s not yet true in Africa, but it is coming because consumption of unhealthy foods is rising rapidly in the continent, especially in urban areas.”