Intended to help human, planetary health, EAT-Lancet diet too costly for 1.6 billion people
A new study estimates that the Eat-Lancet Commission reference diet — meant to improve both human and planetary health — would be unaffordable for at least 1.58 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
November 8, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: africa, billion-people, commission, lancet-commission, least-1-58, new-study, on call diets, planetary-health, reference-diet, saharan-africa, south
Children who are given vitamin A may be less likely to develop malaria
Large study in sub-Saharan Africa suggests vitamin A’s protective effectChildren under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: africa, been-given, develop-malaria, oncalldiets, percent-less, protective-effect, saharan-africa, suggests-vitamin, tropical diseases, under-age
