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As Winter Approaches, UNICEF Estimates 250,000 Pakistani Children ‘Critically’ Lack Food “As winter approaches on Pakistan’s flooded southern plains, thousands of malnourished children are living in dirty, spartan tents without prospect of a home, officials and U.N. workers say,” Agence France-Presse reports.

IOM Report: Food Nutrition Labels Should Be Simple, On Front

The food industry should provide simple, clearly-worded nutrition information on the front of food packages, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The information “should focus on the nutrients most responsible for obesity and chronic diseases: calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium,” The New York Times reports…

IRIN Examines Forthcoming U.N. Child Malnutrition Program; IPS Reports On FAO Latin American Report

IRIN looks at a planned U.N. initiative to combat early childhood malnutrition and the questions surrounding it…

ASTRO, Mama’s Kitchen Join To Promote Cancer Survivorship

As part of an initiative to give back to the cancer communities in the cities visited during its annual scientific meetings, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is partnering with Mama’s Kitchen of San Diego to raise awareness of cancer survivorship issues…

Nutrition Rating Enhancing Front-Of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems And Symbols: Phase 1

Nutrition rating systems and symbols on the fronts of food packaging would be most useful to shoppers if they highlighted four nutrients of greatest concern – calories, saturated fat, trans fat, and sodium – says a new report from the Institute of Medicine…