Missing nutrition
HEALTHY human capital is a critical gauge of economic stability. The money spent on healthcare is a major determinant of economic growth which can help increase income levels. According to…
HEALTHY human capital is a critical gauge of economic stability. The money spent on healthcare is a major determinant of economic growth which can help increase income levels. According to…
MALNUTRITION, or poor nutrition, emerges when one’s diet does not contain the right amount of nutrients. Poor nutrition can be broadly categorised as ‘undernutrition’ and ‘over-nutrition’. In most developing countries,…
This is a great country to live in if you are rich. A vast army of the poor is there to serve you. Cooks to prepare your meals, maids to…
The failure to provide equal education and health opportunities when combined with the denial of equal access to basic nutrition adds to the miseries of the already underprivileged people and…
There’s a debate going on at the national level on minimum wage. Prime Minister Imran Khan has been seen requesting the corporate sector to increase the minimum wage of the…
For years, the health burden linked with children and mothers has been largely ignored. If girls at their adolescent or reproductive age are malnourished, they are more prone to high-risk…
CLIMATE change is a threat multiplier for large-scale malnutrition and stunting in Pakistan. It is only now that the linkages between climate change and malnutrition have begun to become clearer,…
Food is a basic need for every living being. Therefore, access to food is a fundamental right of every human being and every individual on the planet has a right…
Pakistan is a developing country with less than satisfactory performance on internationally accredited health performance indicators. This is not only about the chronic low spending in public health but also…
With billions of people either starving or obese, poor diets have become a leading cause of disease and death, prompting calls for a new approach in 2019 to how food…