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Bangladesh has made significant progress in improving child health over the last two decades, yet childhood malnutrition remains a serious challenge. According to UNICEF data, around 28 per cent of children under five are “stunted”, meaning they are too short for their age due to long-term inadequate nutrition. About 10 per cent suffer from “wasting”,…

InGilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan,46 percent ofchildren under five are stunted.In the village ofImmit, on the southern slopes of the Pamir mountains, many families live onvery little. Jamjur Naroz’s husband earns £3 a day as a labourer, the family’s entire income. “We are a poor family,”Jamjursays. “We cannot afford a balanced diet.”Undernutrition can have lifelong consequences.When mothers…

Somalia (AP) — Six million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity while the World Food Program has only a tenth of the re and conflict-stricken East African nation, the head of the U.N. agency told The Associated Press

Popular anti-obesity drugs such as Wegovy, which belong to the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) class, have been thought to work by suppressing hunger-inducing neurons. New findings now overturn that hypothesis, suggesting instead that these drugs activate the very neurons that promote hunger. 

HealthDay News — Semaglutide sustains lower calorie intake for more than a year, even as feelings of hunger gradually return, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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A review warns that over two billion people globally face micronutrient deficiencies, representing a spike of hidden hunger worldwide. Over half of the world’s population was found to lack an adequate supply of vitamins B2, B9, C, and E, as well as minerals such as calcium, iron, and iodine. 

Hunger usually brings to mind an empty plate and a growling stomach. There is a second, sneakier version that fills the plate completely and still leaves the body starved of what it needs most

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations…

NEW YORK – July 21, 2026 – The 2026 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report was released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and UNICEF. The report is the leading annual…