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WHO Puts High Steaks on Eating Meat
The cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced there is “sufficient evidence” that processed meats can cause cancer. The group gave red meat a less alarming label, though “probably carcinogenic” is hardly comforting. The evidence of harm mostly relates … Continue reading →
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Tagged cancer, meat, nutrition, World Health Organization
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The Gene Glitch and the Metabolic Master Switch
What Is the FTO Gene and How Is It Related To Obesity? We know Body-Mass Index (BMI) has a strong genetic component, and we know being obese is a risk factor for leading global causes of death … Continue reading →
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Tagged Body-Mass Index (BMI), FTO gene, genetic engineering, obesity
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Brain Food: Linking Improved Learning with Nutrition
The global policy debate about education is in the midst of a “major pivot,” write Justin Sandefur and Mari Oye. The emphasis on increasing enrollment is being replaced by a focus on learning outcomes. The international development challenge is how … Continue reading →
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Tagged education systems, Ethiopia, learning outcomes, nutrition, school feeding
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Back to the Future: US Foreign Policy and 9/11 in Hindsight
One of my first professional writing assignments was as a rapporteur for a three-day conference in France hosted by Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Nine months after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and … Continue reading →
‘Messy’ Sustainable Development Goals Irritate Economists
The Economist pooh-poohs the post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) process in a series of related articles in March 2015. Why are they so pessimistic? 1. The scope is too broad. The first piece, “169 commandments,” refers to the number of … Continue reading →
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Post-2015 Food, Nutrition, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Attempting to stay updated on how the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will address malnutrition is like trying to drink water from a fire hose. This week in New York (March 23-27) is the next session of the post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations on the … Continue reading →
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