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SHiFT Symposium at Micronutrient Forum Sheds Light on Adolescent Nutrition in Ghana and Viet Nam

article_published_on_label: December 20, 2023

The world is facing an unprecedented global food and nutrition crisis caused by rising food prices, regional conflicts, more frequent and intense climate-related disasters, and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges threaten the current and future health and well-being of vulnerable communities, especially women and young children. To align priorities and action plans to address these crises, the Micronutrient Forum’s 6th Global Conference on Nutrition for Resilience brought together an estimated 3,000 experts, leaders, and advocates from diverse fields from October 16 to 20, 2023 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

An active participant in the conference, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets Through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) engaged in presentations and hosted a symposium on Adolescent Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake, and the Food Environment in Ghana and Viet Nam, where SHiFT researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Wageningen University and Research (WUR) shared preliminary results from their recent studies. Inge Brouwer, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow and SHiFT’s Lead, and Jef Leroy, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow and Lead of SHiFT’s Work Package 1, moderated the symposium.