A Global Development Hub virtual event as part of World Food Day
Eradicating hunger and malnutrition is one of the great challenges of our time. Today, the World Food Programme estimates that 690 million people around the world will go to bed on an empty stomach.
To break the cycle between hunger and poverty, food is not enough. Providing food assistance in an emergency can save lives, but the right nutrition at the right time can also help change lives and break the cycle of poverty.
A growing body of research finds that major food system changes have led the poorest countries to have high levels of overweight and obesity along with undernutrition. Persistent undernutrition and escalating overweight and obesity coexist within countries, communities, households, and individuals.
The pandemic is an additional threat to food systems.
This Global Development Hub event will debate how national governments and the international community should focus efforts to improve nutrition and build resilience.
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Amir Mahmoud Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
Prof. Gary Frost, Head of the Section for Nutrition Research and lead of the Imperial Nutrition and Food Network, Imperial College London
Dr Lesley Drake, Executive Director – Partnership for Child Development, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organisation (WHO)
The Global Development Hub brings together Imperial College London’s expertise to maximise the global impact of our world-leading research, education and innovation, engage with the United Nations Sustainable Agenda 2030, and prepare for the sustainability challenges that might arise 20, 30 or even 50 years into the future.