Malnutrition Responsible for a Third of Child Deaths Worldwide

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But in addition, said other experts, the world needs better knowledge.

"As much as we know about food, we know very little about the science of food," said Dr. Tadataka Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "In a sense, nutrition has been a little bit of a fractious community, because the less you know, the more your opinion counts. We need new knowledge in nutrition, and we have to invest in this because that will allow other investments we make in nutrition to be wisely and strategically placed."

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Visit the World Health Organization for more on nutrition and malnutrition.

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