nutrition

Ambitious agenda for food security

The 2013 Food Security Act is far-reaching in addressing hunger and malnutrition but comes up short in key areas due to the broader policymaking context.

| Nov 27, 2013

New Foods, New Habits, New Hazards

Eating conventions are in a state of flux as Himalayan communities open up to outside influence. While the most dramatic transformations are in the urban middle-class diet, changes in rural eating habits and nutrition are …

| Sep 01, 1989

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