Unsafe food and poor nutrition have long been seen as separate public health challenges. But according to a new joint ...

Unsafe food and poor nutrition are each a problem on their own, but together, they represent a monumental public health crisis," said Najat Mokhtar ...

The FAO recommends that in countries where insects are already a part of traditional diets, communication should “promote edible insects as valuable sources of nutrition to counter the growing ...

To address the pressing issues of global food insecurity and malnutrition, the "International technical webinar on enhancing agri-food systems through climate-smart and nutrition-dense crops took ...

Atoms4Food builds on the almost 60 years of experience that the IAEA and FAO have jointly developed in supporting countries to use nuclear and isotope technology solutions to enhance food security – ...

To evaluate the FAO/WHO/UNU equations for predicting resting metabolic rate (RMR) in Vietnamese adults. A cross-sectional study with healthy subjects was carried out at the Basic Nutrition ...

Finally, in fourth place, WHO and FAO point out the convenience of having a varied diet, which, according to scientific literature, is associated with a higher probability of meeting the vitamin ...

DODOMA: As Tanzania aims to become the continent’s food basket, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

According to FAO, 31.9% of the world's population can't afford to eat healthy — that is, they lack the economic means to afford a diverse and balanced diet that provides all the required nutrients and ...

According to FAO estimates, the number of undernourished people remained static in East and Southeast Asia following significant reductions from 2005-2015, and actually increased by 200,000 people ...

Global meat prices have risen to an all-time high led by import demand for beef and lamb from the US and China.

The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition held in Geneva from 16 to 26 September 1979 was the first to focus on the topic of carbohydrates (FAO, 1980) and aimed to ...