Nutrition
- Education, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, Global health, Health & wellbeing, India, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Nutrition, School meals, Schools, South and Central Asia, Stunting, World news
Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chr…
- Africa, Bangladesh, Food, Global development, Global health, Kenya, Nutrition, South and Central Asia
Snack attack: how the west exported unhealthy eating to Africa and Asia
From rickshaw riders in Bangladesh to schoolchildren in Kenya, people in lower-income countries are turning to…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Food security, Global development, Nutrition, Poverty, South and Central Asia
Salt-tolerant crops ‘revolutionise’ life for struggling Bangladeshi farmers
As sea levels rise, growers are employing innovative methods to adapt to saline soilsLike millions of people a…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Nutrition, Nutrition and development, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
‘I know they aren’t healthy’: the energy drink craze sweeping Afghanistan
From children in Kabul to Taliban chiefs, the sweet, caffeine-heavy drinks are wildly popular, defying fears o…
- Health, Nepal, Nutrition, Nutrition and development, Science, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
Babies in Nepal get quarter of calories from junk food, study finds
Diets heavy on snack foods linked to undernutrition and stunting, say researchersChildren under the age of two…