More people suffering from poor nutrition

The GNR estimates the nutrition spending will need to increase by nearly US$4 billion annually until 2030 to meet stunting, wasting, maternal anaemia and breastfeeding targets alone.
Phillepus Uusiku
Nearly half the world's population suffer from poor nutrition linked to too much or not enough food, a global assessment said Tuesday with wide-ranging impacts on health and the pl ...

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