Nutrition';s 9 minute training modules most needed by millions of youth - by jim kim and who?

[chris macrae]

During 2013's international results conference (july 2013) we were briefed that the world bank's leader is a master practitioner in nutrition. Hence the question if the world bank converted what it used to invest in knowledge management into 9 minute training modules that fit MOOCs- how many of these could Jim Kim help youth to change the world with

 

here are some notes on JIm Kim as worldwide friend of Nutrition

World Bank Group Scales Up Global Nutrition Programs ...

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extract: The World Bank Group projects that it will nearly triple direct financing for maternal and early childhood nutrition programs in developing countries in 2013-14 to $600 million, up from $230 million in 2011-12. An estimated 90 percent of this new funding ($540 million) will come from the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank’s fund for the poorest countries. The announcement comes in the lead-up to the Nutrition for Growth High-Level Event on June 8 in London ahead of the G-8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, in late June. “Globally, 165 million children under age 5 are stunted as a result of malnutrition. This is the face of poverty,” said Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group. “The UK government should be applauded for its leadership to scale up global investments in maternal and early childhood nutrition—one of the highest-return investments we can make to end poverty and promote shared prosperity.” The projected increase is in addition to nutrition-sensitive investments the Bank Group is making in other sectors beyond health, such as agriculture, education, social protection, and water and sanitation. Amid continuing global food price volatility, the Bank Group also announced that it will review agriculture activities with a view toward improving nutrition outcomes, and noted excellent progress through the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), where more than half of all GAFSP projects explicitly address undernutrition. The Bank Group will also step up technical and analytical support to countries with the greatest prevalence of stunting or underweight children, and add stunting as a new indicator on the Bank Group’s Corporate Scorecard. .   ...

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The Children's Investment Fund  Foundation (CIFF) is an independent philanthropic organisation bringing  the best business and private sector acumen together with development expertise  to bring about demonstrable improvement in the lives of children in developing  countries, through large-scale, effective investment. CIFF works from the  principle that every child should be able to thrive and mature into adulthood  in a safe and supportive environment. www.ciff.org

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The Brazilian  Government is pleased to co-host Nutrition for Growth to raise global  ambition to eliminate undernutrition. The rights to food, education and health  are central to Brazil's own experience with the fight against hunger.  We  will support other countries to scale up nutrition programmes building on our  experience of tackling undernutrition through public policies, working across  government and reaching the very poorest. At the Rio Olympics in 2016 we will  meet again and track how far we have come. www.brasil.gov.br

Jun 6, 2013 - The announcement comes in the lead-up to the Nutrition for Growth ... This is the face of poverty,” said Jim Yong Kim, President of the World ...

Nutrition matters in both world - developing and developed

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One of the guides I wish someone like KIm would author would help us back in the US of A understand what's true and what's false about this sort of analysis. I could have chosen 100 similar authors but this one happened to show up in my google search.

 

Modern agriculture has simply destroyed the nutritional value of our fruits  and vegetables. A 1999 study out of the University of Wisconsin found that three  decades of the overuse of nitrogen in farming has destroyed the soil’s  fertility, causing it to age the equivalent of 5,000 years in 30. In addition,  growers select varieties that pack and ship well, regardless of nutritional  value.

The upshot is that in order to get the same amount of nutrients today,  including vitamins and minerals, that you could have consumed in the first half  of this century, you would have to consume inordinate, impractical and even  impossible amounts of food.

For the amount of manganese you used to get in 10 green beans you would have  to eat 300. You have to eat 11 bowls of spinach to receive the same amount of  copper that you used to get in one bowl. To receive the same amount of iron in  one tomato prior to 1945, you would have to eat 1,938 tomatoes today. Carrots  used to have 10,000 IU of beta-carotene, now they have less that 70. Wheat used  to be 40% protein, whereas now it is less that 10%. It goes on. . .

In an analysis of USDA nutrient data from 1975 to 1997, the Kushi Institute  found that the average calcium levels in 12 fresh vegetables declined 27  percent, iron levels dropped 37 percent, vitamin A levels 21 percent and vitamin  C levels 30 percent. A similar analysis of British nutrient data from 1930 to  1980 published in “The British Food Journal,” found that in 20 vegetables the  average calcium content had declined 19 percent, iron 22 percent and potassium  14 percent.

See also:  Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our  Food

Add to this the increasing quantity of pesticides, herbicides and other  toxins sprayed on produce PLUS the curse of GMO crops, and you have plenty of  reasons to start growing your own. And by the way, having your own garden  significantly reduces your carbon footprint.

“But I already eat organic!” you say. That’s great. That brings us to the  second point. What will you do when organic carrots are $10 a bunch or fish is  rationed? Because you must also consider the supply situation. It’s not an issue  today, but it’s going to be, and it takes several years to develop a good  garden.

Jim Yong Kim, President of the The World Bank, not known for its excitable  rhetoric, said in a recent statement, “Urgent action is needed to not only  reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also to help countries prepare for a world  of dramatic climate change and weather extremes.” The thing is, the way industry  dominates the global political process, and the global political situation in  general, meaningful change isn’t going to happen. You’re on your own on this  one.

Read more at http://livinggreenmag.com/2013/07/17/people-solutions/edible-musing...