HealthGabriela Burgos received the World Food Prize Foundation's Top Agriculture Pioneer Award for establishing iron bioavailability in two new Peruvian potato varieties.
OpinionIn a Dhaka Tribune column, food scientist Dr Shahidul Islam argues that because rice is washed before cooking, flour may be the practical vehicle for fortification in Bangladesh, but an up-to-date micronutrient survey must come first. The views are the writer's own.
Tanvir Ahmed, assistant professor and clinical nutritionist at Jashore University of Science and Technology, proposes cutting duty on nuts, seeds and olive oil, raising tax on soft drinks, fast food and processed food, and subsidising hall dining.
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Cape Town, studying 394 mother-child pairs, found that babies of mothers anaemic in pregnancy had total brain volumes about 4 percent smaller on average, a difference also picked up by portable low-cost MRI scanners.
Anaemia, common among women, stems mainly from iron deficiency, and a diet of iron-rich foods and simple home-made juices can help.
