Publications
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The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali
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Can Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) improve child growth and development? A critical review of the epidemiological foundations
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Low Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) among adolescents in Vietnam is due to inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables rather than high consumption of unhealthy foods
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de Brauw, Alan; Ruel, Marie T.; Leroy, Jef L.Blogs
World Food Day 2024: The critical role of healthy diets for realizing the right to food
IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on a key paradigm shift.
Rising food prices are putting children in harm’s way
New evidence quantifies significant negative health effects.
Unlocking opportunities for planet-friendly school meals
Balancing nutrition and climate.
Events
Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact
Also streaming on Please type your questions into the chat box with name, affiliation, and country. The event video, presenter slides, and podcast will be available in the days following the event. This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. […]
2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
Hybrid Event: May 29, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition.
My Reflections on Africa’s Year of Nutrition
Virtual Event: December 12, 2022 – 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM EST. IFPRI is delighted to announce the 32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered by Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development.
News
New study reveals alarming impact of food inflation on child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries
September 20, 2023, Washington, DC: A new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the critical relationship between food inflation and child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study, conducted by Derek Headey and Marie Ruel of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), explores the impact of food price volatility on […]
Food price spike may fuel nutrition crisis (The Nation)
Growing food crises with spiking prices will have an impact on poor and food insecure populations writes the Nation (Nigeria), quoting a recent analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) which notes that food inflation poses larger wasting risks for children of poor and landless rural households, exacerbating existing inequalities. According to IFPRI, food prices […]
Covid-19 and the irreversible marks undernutrition will leave in its wake (Poshan Outlook)
Poshan Outlook (India) published an op-ed by Poverty, Heath, and Nutrition Division Director Marie Ruel and Senior Research Fellow, Jef Leroy that stated one of the key objectives of India’s Covid-19 mitigation efforts is to prevent child undernutrition now rather than to treat it later, without compromising on maternal, child health and nutrition services. What started as a health crisis has developed into a […]