Nutrition has long been the Cinderella of development. Lack of calorieshungeris a headline-grabber, particularly as rising food prices push more people towards starvation. But the hiddenhunger of micronutrient deficiencies harms even more people and inflicts lasting damage onthem and their societies. It, too, worsens as food prices rise: families switch from costly,nutrient-rich, fruit, vegetables and meat to cheaper, nutrient-poor staples.
营养一直以来都是发展中被遗忘的短板,摄入能量不足饥饿占领了大大小小报刊的头版,尤其是当食品价格上涨,导致更多的人面临饥饿。然而,缺乏微量元素的隐性饥饿影响着更广泛的人群,并且对人们以及社会造成长期的危害。不仅如此,隐性饥饿还会加速食品价格上涨:很多家庭会从营养丰富的昂贵水果、蔬菜及肉类转向价格便宜但营养价值较低的主食产品。
In 2008 the Copenhagen Business School asked eight eminent economists to imagine they had$75 billion to spend on causes that would most help the world. Five of their top ten involvednutrition: vitamin supplements for children, adding zinc and iodine to salt and breeding extramicronutrients into crops . Others included girls schools and tradeliberalisation.
2008年,哥本哈根商学院邀请8位著名的经济学家一同设想如果有750亿美元,将会用到哪些他们认为对世界最有帮助的事业上。十大事业中的前五项就包括营养:儿童补充维生素,食盐加锌和碘以及农作物增加微量元素。其他事业还包括女童教育以及贸易自由化。
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