Sentences with phrase «by improving nutrition»

Our vision is to improve the livelihoods of the poor by reducing the health risks associated with animal sourced food and by improving nutrition and market access for smallholders.

The rationale for these programs is that by improving nutrition, schools can offer all students better opportunities to succeed in school.

Some patients can improve their blood sugars without medication by improving nutrition and exercise habits and losing weight.

Kelp is recommended to tone the prostate gland, by improving the nutrition of the organs and the circulation of the blood through the tissues.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

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Applying the latest results from nutrition science, Harvard experts take you by the hand and guide you to create an eating plan to improve heart health, longevity, energy, and vitality.

Emerging research from the fields of neuroscience and nutrition shows that by changing what you eat, you can stabilize your mood, improve your focus, and boost your brain health, all while trimming your tummy.

The company aims to improve the nutrition profile of its cereals through the initiative and plans to achieve this target through a combination of reformulation and by growing the share of lower sugar variants.

If approved by government regulators, Golden Rice would be the first type of GM food that can help improve people's nutrition.

Golden Rice offers a very unique opportunity to improve the nutrition of people — particularly of women and children in Asia — who are not reached by current interventions to reduce Vitamin A deficiency.

With the number of people aged 65 or over projected to rise by nearly 50 % over 20 years, the Nourishing an Ageing Population session at Food Matters Live will address the challenges, opportunities and priorities to improve nutrition for elderly people.

By carefully controlling the germination process, Bay State Milling provides bakers and manufacturers with ingredients that naturally improve nutrition and performance.

We're taking action by focusing on reducing calories, offering smaller sizes and improving nutrition.

In 2012, we exceeded our innovation goal ahead of time by achieving 55 percent of our innovation pipeline dedicated to reduced calories, smaller portion sizes or improved nutrition.

Announced at the Building Sustainable Futures Forum sponsored by Olam International, the newly - formed GAA is a CEO - led private sector initiative seeking to contribute significantly to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, most notably SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture [1].

And for those who smugly assume that nutrition and sanitation are the problem so not relevant to the modern developed world — the chances of even under - nourished women are greatly improved by modern interventions.

Today, the company has been embraced by both families and individuals who want to improve their lifestyle through healthy eating, better nutrition and thoughtful design.

Congress has an important opportunity to improve the health of millions of children by passing a strong bill to reauthorize child nutrition programs.

My Healthy School Sponsored by Kiwi magazine, this helpful website is dedicated to providing teachers, administrators, parents and students with resources on how to improve the health of schools across the country — with action plans for parents, suggested nutrition goals, advice for starting a school garden, and strategies to minimize environmental toxins.

Financed by a three - year, $ 40 million federal allocation, Team Nutrition is designed to help schools change to healthier meals, improve nutrition education for children and their families, and provide state - of - the - art training and technical assistance for food - service personnel.

Released jointly last March by the National Dairy Council (NDC), GENYOUth Foundation, the American College of Sports Medicine and the American School Health Association, The Wellness Impact directly addresses how schools can play a vital role in shaping the future through a combination of improved nutrition and increased opportunities for physical activity.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

Parents who pack lunches for their young children can dramatically improve the nutrition quality of the meals by including a healthy beverage.

Offering healthy drinks and sides as the default with kids» meals would make them the easiest choice for parents and help improve the nutrition quality of fast food consumed by children.»

By improving our children's nutrition we will be improving the overall quality of our children's health for generations to come.

Schoolhouse nutrition would be addressed by pushing for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, and the administration is requesting $ 10 billion over 10 years to improve school meals.

I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the question of whether the school lunch program should exist altogether, but I am baffled by the «nanny state» argument against improving nutrition for children.

Healthy Vending CEO Sean Kelly describes the healthy vending business and why Human Healthy Vending seeks to improve access to nutrition by teaming with passionate social entrepreneurs.

The first Canadian Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition Conference is an important landmark in the quest to improve early and young child nutrition and health and should not be tarnished by being linked to Nestlé.

I'm confused by the reference to the «Food and Drug Administration» in the second entry (it's the Department of Agriculture that oversees child nutrition), but the intent of these lawmakers is clear: destroy all of the tremendous progress we've made over the last six years in improving our children's school food environment, and apparently also the food served in federally funded daycare centers.

The 2010 CNR ushered in the greatly improved school nutrition standards championed by Michelle Obama, but just two years later, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) began to agitate for a weakening of those reforms.

showed that the top reason mothers donated milk was that it was recommended by a health care professional so this is certainly an area where IBCLCs can have an impact regarding improving access to the gold standard of infant nutrition — human milk.

Interventions such as exclusive breastfeeding (which prevents diarrhea), continuation of breastfeeding until 24 months of age, and improved complementary feeding (by way of improved nutrition), along with improved sanitation, are expected to affect mortality and morbidity simultaneously.

Michele Simon's report on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is thoroughly researched and expertly points out the different ways in which the nation's leading nutrition organization harms its reputation, efficacy, and members by forming partnerships with food companies that care more about selling products than they do about improving the health of Americans.

Indeed, instead of improving child health, many feared that the market - led approaches to «prevent» malnutrition championed by public - private - partnerships, could actually worsen the situation and increase further the double burden of malnutrition - both under and over nutrition.

In this role, Thornton has been responsible for improving the health and well - being of Americans by expanding access to nutritious, affordable food and providing dietary guidance, nutrition policy coordination, and nutrition education across USDA's 15 nutrition assistance programs.

This program is a partnership between the Bower Foundation and the Department of Education to improve students» health and nutrition by providing funds to help purchase combination oven steamers, known as «combi ovens,» in order to eliminate deep fat fryers in Mississippi schools.

In Dec of 1993, Patrice was honored by then President Clinton as an American hero who dramatically improved the health commitment to the world's children as a public health expert promoting nutrition in nursing education and fostering breastfeeding worldwide.

HUMAN Everywhere's mission is to leverage the power of social entrepreneurship to improve the nation's collective health by increasing access to nutrition education and healthful foods while advocating for public policy that contributes to these goals.

The EMPower Training initiative is designed to support hospitals by improving knowledge and skills in evidence - based maternity practices supportive of optimal infant nutrition.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

By improving school nutrition, we'll make things easier for parents, who need all the help that they can get trying to raise a healthy family.

But it's also possible that the White House is caving altogether, passively accepting the gutting of improved school food nutrition standards by corporations with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

His program at Holy Trinity is telling us some important things about kids and school food — namely, that food doesn't need to be «dumbed down» for kids to accept it; that kids implicitly understand when deep care is being put into the preparation of their food and they respond with equal respect; and that improving school food can change kids» attitudes about food outside the school yard gates, as was the case with the student quoted by Chef Boundas who cut back on fast food now that he's eating healthful foods at lunch and learning about nutrition and cooking in Chef Boundas's kitchen.

I would like to sum up my post by saying that we should not ignore the importance of nutrition and stimulation for boosting a child's brain development and improving IQ.

(1) to urge Member States to take effective measures to implement the recommendations included in resolution WHA39.28; (2) to continue to review regional and global trends in breastfeeding patterns, including the relationship between breastfeeding and child - spacing; (3) to support Member States, on request, in adopting measures to improve infant and young child nutrition, inter alia by collecting and disseminating information on relevant national action of interest to all Member States; and to mobilize technical and financial resources to this end.

As nutrition improved, there were fewer women with rickets, which causes bone deformations; many obstructed births in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were caused by abnormal pelvic bones in the mother.

The Sixty - fifth World Health Assembly (WHA 65) indicated that global efforts to improve nutrition should focus on six global nutrition targets to be achieved by 2025 and endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition (CIP) through Resolution WHA65.6.

An employee pilot project, which is part of the campaign designed to combat obesity and improve health outcomes among Oneida and Herkimer County residents by promoting physical exercise and encouraging proper nutrition, got underway today at the Function Better Fitness center, a co-sponsor of the program.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. was joined by Herkimer County Administrator James Wallace and members of the Regional Health Council in announcing the launch of the «Get Moving» campaign, designed to improve the health and wellness of Oneida and Herkimer County residents by encouraging proper nutrition and physical activity in schools, the workplace and the community at - large.