The sustainable development goals aim to stamp out malnutrition by 2030 - an ambition that will remain unrealised without proper evaluation and monitoringNothing should arrive more naturally than good nutrition. Like breathing,drinking water and sleeping, it is essential to survival. It should be programmed into everything we execute and should not require a moment thought. Our biological and social systems should be designed to deliver this most essential function, and effortlessly.
Yet,far from being taken for granted, nutrition preoccupies the thoughts of hundreds of millions of people every day. destitute nutrition or malnutrition in one form or another affects one in three (pdf) of us. No country is immune. Nutrition is a daily obsession for those suffering acute hunger – undernutrition in its most visible form. It’s also a daily obsession for millions concerned with obesity and weight loss.
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Source: theguardian.com