Nutrition

Nutrition for Health and Development

Nutrition is an input to and foundation for health and development. Interaction of infection and malnutrition is well-documented. Better nutrition means stronger immune systems, less illness and better health. Healthy children learn better. Healthy people are stronger, are more productive and more able to create opportunities to gradually break the cycles of both poverty and hunger in a sustainable way. Better nutrition is a prime entry point to ending poverty and a milestone to achieving better quality of life.

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WHO Guideline Development: Effects and Safety of Vitamin A Supplementation in Populations
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LATEST DOCUMENTS Landscape Analysis on countries' readiness to accelerate action in nutrition Full information SCN News, No 37 early-2009 ISSN 1564-3743 WHO Child Growth Standards: Methods and development Growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference Full information Global prevalance of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995-2005 Full information LATEST MEETING REPORTS Strengthening action to improve feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months of age in nutrition and child health Full information WHO Scientific Update on trans fatty acids (TFA) Full information Report of the WHO technical consultation on neonatal vitamin A supplementation research priorities Full information More publications

UPCOMING EVENTS Scoping meeting for the development of guidelines on nutritional/food support to prevent TB and improve health status among TB patients 2-4 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland Full information RECENT EVENTS Estimating appropriate levels of vitamins and minerals for food fortification programmes: A WHO modeling software program 22 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland Full information Second International Micronutrient Forum Meeting Micronutrients, Health, and Development: Evidence-based Programs Beijing, China, 12–15, May 2009 Full information List of events STATEMENTS WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund English | French Recommendations on Wheat and Maize Flour Fortification Meeting Report Interim Consensus Statement Chinese | English | Russian

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Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD)
World Health Organization
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