World Breastfeeding Week special - what mums have to say!
Breastmilk; nature’s elixir which combines nutrition, immunology, and nurture in precise proportions for the new born who has just come from the protective womb of a mother.
When done correctly, breastfeeding can save not 10, not 100, not even 1000, but over 800,000 lives every single...
September conference call recording now available
A recording of the September grassroots conference call is now available to download here .
Poor nutrition leads to millions of child deaths and wasted human potential, but is entirely preventable. The UK has played a big role in the global...
You can't study if you're hungry
RESULTS UK recently led a delegation of four parliamentarians to Tanzania to visit programmes working to improve nutrition and education. We were joined by Roberta Blackman-Woods MP ,...
Milan, a moment, and an opportunity: Update from the Global Nutrition Summit
The landmark 2013 Nutrition for Growth summit in London firmly put nutrition on the political and global agenda . Hunger and malnutrition often make the headlines, but until the 2013 summit, malnutrition remained neglected. It was through bringing together leaders, businesses, and...
In conversation with Dr Naseer Nizamani for International Women's Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I spoke to Dr Naseer Nizamani, Country Director of Nutrition International in Pakistan, about the importance of good nutrition for women and girls and why malnutrition must be addressed for progress on...
Breast is best, but...
This guest blog post was written by Regina Keith from the University of Westminster. Regina is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster and is on the Executive Committee of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, promoting increased global capacity in public health nutrition...
Why Trump was wrong to oppose breastfeeding resolution
With World Breastfeeding Week coming to a close, Callum Northcote, RESULTS UK’s Policy Advocacy Officer for nutrition, reviews this year’s World Health Assembly breastfeeding resolution , which has since...
A wake up call: new figures reveal the scale of the burden of malnutrition
‘The absolute number of people in the world affected by undernourishment, or chronic food deprivation, is now estimated to have increased to nearly 821 million.’
821 million. Let’s put that into perspective. For every 9 people alive, one of them suffers with undernutrition. Except, of...
October grassroots conference call
A recording of the October grassroots conference call is now online. This month, we were joined by Megan Pennell, Country Support Adviser for the Scaling Up...
Q&A with Bormey Chuun: a youth leader for nutrition
This guest blog post was written by Bormey Chuun, who is taking part in the Scaling Up Nutrition 'Youth Leaders for Nutrition' global advocacy programme. Bormey lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is currently working for Helen Keller International (a...
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