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  The food system and its interaction with human health nutrition. Leveraging agriculture for improved nutrition in health.

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  The author describes food systems and their connections to and interactions with human health. A food system is a process that turns natural and human-made resources into food. Changes in the food system may influence other determinants of nutrition, such as access to clean water and sanitation.
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  Improving nutrition through multisectoral approaches

  World Bank, 2013

  This report offers operational guidance to the global development community on maximizing investments on nutrition outcomes for women and young children. It is a first step towards operationalising a multi-sectoral approach to improving nutrition. It does not address issues of obesity or “overnutrition,” instead focusing solely on deficiencies.
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  The state of food insecurity in the world, 2012. Economic growth is necessary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition.

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012

  The State of Food Insecurity in the World provides a sketch of the state of hunger in the world. The report affirms that significant progress has been made since 1990 and that the Millennium Development Goals are within reach.
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  Killing me softly: the fetal origins hypothesis

  Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011

  Fetal origins hypothesis argues that conditions within the uterus affect an infant’s life chances both in terms of health and economics. The authors review the existing literature, highlighting the position occupied by Barker who argued that trauma, such as under-nutrition, suffered in utero leads to negative outcomes in adult life, such as obesity.
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  Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries

  The Lancet, 2011

  This report is the second in a Series on early child development in low-income and middle-income countries and assesses the effectiveness of early child development interventions, such as parenting support and preschool enrolment.
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  Scaling up nutrition: Progress report from countries and their partners in the movement to Scale Up Nutrition (SUN)

  United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2011

  This draft report was prepared for the High Level Meeting on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly in September 2011 and the follow-up workshop for the Scale-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which was designed to help nations where people are at risk of under-nutrition and aims to show results within 1,000 days.
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  Value Chains for Nutrition - 2020 Conference Paper - Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  The authors suggest applying value-chain concepts to nutrition, and they set forth a framework to identify opportunities in which agriculture can be leveraged for nutrition. Value chains have an economic component, and this is challenging to track in relation to nutrition, but the authors note that the food consumer should also be included in these calculations.
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  Agriculture, health, and nutrition: toward conceptualizing the linkages. 2020 Conference: Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  This paper outlines a conceptual framework that links agriculture, health, and nutrition. Three components make up this framework: settings, resources, and production processes.
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  The Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India: What Do We Know?

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  India is home to one-third of the world’s malnourished children in spite of substantial growth in the country’s agricultural sector, which has helped fuel the country’s economic rise. Agriculture continues to be the primary source of livelihood for the majority of nutritionally vulnerable households in India.
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  Prioritizing nutrition in agricultural and rural development: guiding principles for operational investments. Health, Nutrition, and Population discussion paper.

  World Bank, 2012

  Agricultural and rural development can provide an important opportunity for reducing malnutrition. This paper sets out some guiding principles for incorporating nutrition goals into the design and implementation of agricultural and rural development projects and provides examples of current best-evidence options for operational investments.

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