{"id":5750,"date":"2019-10-04T09:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:35","slug":"the-solution-to-hidden-hunger-in-many-developing-countries-lies-just-offshore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/04\/the-solution-to-hidden-hunger-in-many-developing-countries-lies-just-offshore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Solution To Hidden Hunger In Many Developing Countries Lies Just Offshore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By The Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Globally, about two billion people suffer from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/nutrition\/topics\/WHO_FAO_ICN2_videos_hiddenhunger\/en\/\">hidden\nhunger<\/a>\u201d \u2013 a chronic deficiency of vitamins and minerals. The health effects\nof this form of malnutrition can be severe, especially for children. They\ninclude increased risk of poor cognitive development, impaired growth and early\ndeath. Ironically, our latest research found that many coastal countries where\nhidden hunger is rife, have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-019-1592-6?error=cookies_not_supported&amp;code=452b2a46-3e73-4e9a-bad5-375105718a87\">plenty\nof nutritious fish<\/a>&nbsp;just off their coast. Yet these fish are not\nreaching those who need them the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fish are a source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids and are\nrich in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jn\/article\/133\/11\/4021S\/4818064\">calcium,\niron, zinc, vitamin A and vitamin B12<\/a>. Fish also increase the\n\u201cbioavailability\u201d \u2013 that is, increase absorption \u2013 of nutrients provided\nthrough other foods eaten in the same meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humans eat more than 2,000 species of fish, but the\nnutritional value of these species&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-bangladesh-people-are-eating-more-fish-but-getting-less-nutrition-from-it-75458\">varies\ngreatly<\/a>. Until recently, we didn\u2019t know enough about this variability to\nadvise fisheries and policymakers to help them address malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/ASM\/Globally,%20about%20two%20billion%20people%20suffer%20from%20%E2%80%9Chidden%20hunger%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20a%20chronic%20deficiency%20of%20vitamins%20and%20minerals.%20The%20health%20effects%20of%20this%20form%20of%20malnutrition%20can%20be%20severe,%20especially%20for%20children.%20They%20include%20increased%20risk%20of%20poor%20cognitive%20development,%20impaired%20growth%20and%20early%20death.%20Ironically,%20our%20latest%20research%20found%20that%20many%20coastal%20countries%20where%20hidden%20hunger%20is%20rife,%20have%20plenty%20of%20nutritious%20fish%20just%20off%20their%20coast.%20Yet%20these%20fish%20are%20not%20reaching%20those%20who%20need%20them%20the%20most.\">Read\nmore&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Conversation Globally, about two billion people suffer from \u201chidden hunger\u201d \u2013 a chronic deficiency of vitamins and minerals. The health effects of this form of malnutrition can be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}