Nuclear Techniques for Better Nutrition
Malnutrition is a major global health problem, and poor diet has been linked to a range of chronic diseases. Obesity has nearly tripled around the world in recent decades, while undernutrition remains a serious concern. Stable isotope techniques to measure body composition can help check if government efforts to improve diet and physical activity in the population are working.
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Human Health Campus
Human Health Campus
Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero hunger
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Stable isotopes
Isotopes
Division of Human Health
World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization
Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section
Assessing health effects
Diet quality
Maternal and adolescent nutrition
Childhood obesity
Infant and young child nutrition
Nutrition
Health