How to Ensure Nutrition Security in the Global Economic Crisis to Protect and Enhance Development of Young Children and Our Common Future12
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Published in a supplement to The Journal of Nutrition. Presented at the workshop “The Impact of Climate Change, the Economic Crisis, and the Increase in Food Prices on Malnutrition,” held in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, January 25, 2009. The workshop was organized by Martin W. Bloem, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; Klaus Kraemer, Sight and Life, Basel, Switzerland; and Richard D. Semba, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and with the support of an educational grant from Sight and Life, Basel, Switzerland. Supplement contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the organization that they are affiliated with. Publication costs for this supplement were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This publication must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 USC section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Supplement Coordinator disclosures: Klaus Kraemer has no relationships to disclose. Supplement Guest Editor disclosures: Richard D. Semba participated in the writing of six papers in this supplement. A. Catharine Ross acted as Guest Editor for these papers. No additional conflicts were declared. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not attributable to the sponsors or the publisher, Editor, or Editorial Board of The Journal of Nutrition.
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Author disclosures: S. de Pee, H-J. Brinkman, P. Webb, S. Godfrey, I. Darnton-Hill, H. Alderman, R. D. Semba, E. Piwoz, and M. W. Bloem, no conflicts of interest.
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Estimated as follows: 555 million under-5 children in developing countries (1) × (9+24=33 mo)/(0–59 mo) = 0.56 × 80% at-risk (see section, managing high food prices: the household response) = 250 million.
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The Amsterdam Initiative on Malnutrition is a public private programme supported by the Government of Netherlands, Dutch companies and academic institutions, and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. Launched on May 27 2009, it aims to address the nutrition needs of 100 million people in 6 African countries by 2015.