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Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Soaring prices of healthy foods fuel worsening health risks in countries, study finds (News Chronicle)

November 27, 2020


News Chronicle (Nigeria) published an article on a new study on how the relative prices of healthy and unhealthy foods have been implicated in increased cases of obesity in some countries and such prices could also be linked to nutrition outcomes including under-nutrition globally. The study, The relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods differ systematically across income levels and continents shows differences in prices of food products across countries may explain the variation in increased malnutrition globally. Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey, says “there are about two billion people with micronutrient deficiencies such as anemia, and several hundred million very young and vulnerable children suffering from stunted growth globally.” If increasing taxes on unhealthy food products is not having the desired effects, something has to be done to discourage consumers from patronizing unhealthy food products and producers from producing them. 

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