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The paper provides the first large-scale survey-based evidence on the impact of the global food crisis of 2007-08 using an indicator of self-assessed food security from the Gallup World Poll. For the sampled countries as a whole, this subjective indicator of food security remained the same or even improved, seemingly owing to a combination of strong economic growth and limited food inflation in some of the most populous countries, particularly India. However, these favorable global trends mask divergent trends at the national and regional levels, with a number of countries reporting substantial deterioration in food security. The impacts of the global crisis therefore appear to be highly context specific.

Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Food & Beverage Industry --- Food & Nutrition Policy --- Food crisis --- Food Security --- Food security --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Nutrition --- Poverty --- Rural Poverty Reduction --- Subjective indicators

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This report presents an assessment of school feeding policies and institutions that affect young children in Jordan. The analysis is based on a World Bank tool developed as part of the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)an initiative that aims to systematically assess education systems against evidence-based global standards and goodpractice to assist countries in reforming their education systems for proper learning for all. School feeding policies are a critical component of an effective education system, given that children's health and nutrition impact their school attendance, ability to learn, and overall development. A school feeding program is a specific schoolbasedhealth service, which can be part of a country's broader school health program, and often a large amount ofresources is invested in a school feeding program. SABER-School Feeding collects, analyzes, and disseminates comprehensive information on school feeding policies around the world. The overall objective of the initiative is to helpcountries design effective policies to improve their education systems, facilitate comparative policy analysis, identify keyareas to focus investment, and assist in disseminating good practice.In late 2013, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched a Revised WFP School Feeding Policy that incorporates SABER-School Feeding. The revised policy requires every WFP country office with a school feeding component to undertake apolicy dialogue with the Education Sector in the country as part of capacity building activities. WFP decided to use SABER-School Feeding as one of their policy tools to guide the policy dialogue and to assess in a more systematic way the transition of school feeding programs to national ownership and/or the strengthening of national school feeding programs. WFP will integrate this tool into their project preparation from 2015 onwards. There are five core policy goals form the basis of an effective school feeding program. The first goal is a national policy framework.The second policy goal for school feeding is financial capacity.The third policy goal is institutional capacity and coordination.The fourth policy goal is sound design and implementation.The last policy goal is community roles-reaching beyond schools.

Access & Equity in Basic Education --- Adolescent Health --- Early Childhood Development --- Education --- Education For All --- Food & Nutrition Policy --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Nutrition --- School Health --- World Food Program

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Under nutrition levels in Lao PDR remain among the highest in the world, despite both rapid economic growth and a significant decline in poverty over the past years. Concerns about the slow progress in reducing under nutrition have triggered intense policy discussion and several analytical reports have been produced over the last few years on the Lao PDR nutrition crisis and its drivers. This policy note provides an overview of the size, severity, and key determinants of child under nutrition in Lao PDR and proposes recommendations for the scale-up of programs and interventions to strengthen the overall response to under nutrition in the country. The note draws from a multivariate analysis of determinants of stunting in addition to descriptive statistics of nutrition-related behaviors and outcomes in the country, using recent surveys. These analyses are complemented with findings from the recent qualitative-based rapid assessment of nutrition counseling and growth monitoring conducted during the early months of 2016 in selected provinces, to contextualize findings within the health sector's capacity to deliver preventive and curative nutrition services.

Child Health --- Early Child and Children's Health --- Food & Nutrition Policy --- Health Service Management and Delivery --- Health System Performance --- Health Systems Development & Reform --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Human Development --- Malnutrition --- Nutrition --- Nutrition and Food Security

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The close relationship between food intake and health promotion is not new; it dates back to Hippocrates’s famous “let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”, which is still as timely as ever. In recent years, some scientific evidence has supported this statement, showing that dietary plant extracts, or bioactive compounds isolated therefrom, are able to prevent or slow down the progression of chronic and degenerative diseases, making them particularly interesting from a nutraceutical point of view. On the other hand, extensive chemical investigations of functional plant extracts’ constituents are needed to rationalize certain bioactivity, in terms of efficacy and safety.

Technology: general issues --- antioxidant effect --- lectins --- nanoliposomes --- purity grade --- quercetin --- trans-aconitic acid --- anthocyanins --- antioxidant activity --- bioactive compounds --- colorants --- fruit juices --- polyphenols --- wild blueberry --- antidiabetic --- cardioprotective --- functional foods --- nutraceuticals --- okra --- phytotherapy --- Jamaican cherry --- fermentation --- Lactobacillus plantarum --- antioxidant --- food nutrition improvement --- okra mucilage --- okra polysaccharides --- biopolymer --- α-amylase activity --- α-glucosidase activity --- antidiabetic activity --- biodegradable --- edible film --- release --- pectin --- sodium caseinate --- oil oxidation --- waste biomass --- coffee --- Coffea arabica --- phenolic --- free-radical scavenging --- iron chelating --- cytotoxic --- plant secondary metabolites --- antiviral activity --- food --- noroviruses --- MNV --- FCV --- yogurt --- betalains --- encapsulation --- lyophilization --- ionizing radiation --- radioprotection --- flavonoids --- plant extracts --- oxidative stress --- zebrafish embryo --- carotenoids --- Trapa bispinosa Roxb. --- polyphenol --- ellagitannin --- gallotannin --- α-glucosidase inhibitor --- advanced glycation end products (AGEs) --- antiglycation effect --- LC/UV/ESIMS analysis --- anti-diabetic --- abscisic acid --- Diabetes mellitus --- molecular docking --- phytohormones --- spray drying --- vegetable powders --- beetroot --- natural colorants --- violet betalain pigments --- bioactivity --- medicinal plants --- wild fruits --- industrial crops --- PCA --- HCA --- phenols --- TEAC --- roasting --- GAE

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The close relationship between food intake and health promotion is not new; it dates back to Hippocrates’s famous “let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”, which is still as timely as ever. In recent years, some scientific evidence has supported this statement, showing that dietary plant extracts, or bioactive compounds isolated therefrom, are able to prevent or slow down the progression of chronic and degenerative diseases, making them particularly interesting from a nutraceutical point of view. On the other hand, extensive chemical investigations of functional plant extracts’ constituents are needed to rationalize certain bioactivity, in terms of efficacy and safety.

Technology: general issues --- antioxidant effect --- lectins --- nanoliposomes --- purity grade --- quercetin --- trans-aconitic acid --- anthocyanins --- antioxidant activity --- bioactive compounds --- colorants --- fruit juices --- polyphenols --- wild blueberry --- antidiabetic --- cardioprotective --- functional foods --- nutraceuticals --- okra --- phytotherapy --- Jamaican cherry --- fermentation --- Lactobacillus plantarum --- antioxidant --- food nutrition improvement --- okra mucilage --- okra polysaccharides --- biopolymer --- α-amylase activity --- α-glucosidase activity --- antidiabetic activity --- biodegradable --- edible film --- release --- pectin --- sodium caseinate --- oil oxidation --- waste biomass --- coffee --- Coffea arabica --- phenolic --- free-radical scavenging --- iron chelating --- cytotoxic --- plant secondary metabolites --- antiviral activity --- food --- noroviruses --- MNV --- FCV --- yogurt --- betalains --- encapsulation --- lyophilization --- ionizing radiation --- radioprotection --- flavonoids --- plant extracts --- oxidative stress --- zebrafish embryo --- carotenoids --- Trapa bispinosa Roxb. --- polyphenol --- ellagitannin --- gallotannin --- α-glucosidase inhibitor --- advanced glycation end products (AGEs) --- antiglycation effect --- LC/UV/ESIMS analysis --- anti-diabetic --- abscisic acid --- Diabetes mellitus --- molecular docking --- phytohormones --- spray drying --- vegetable powders --- beetroot --- natural colorants --- violet betalain pigments --- bioactivity --- medicinal plants --- wild fruits --- industrial crops --- PCA --- HCA --- phenols --- TEAC --- roasting --- GAE