Although nutrition contributes to welfare in and of itself, it also contributes to individual economic productivity, as well as national income growth. The argument that improving nutrition is an investment on par with other productivity-enhancing expenditures rather than simply a form of...

Many of the traditional strategies, such as food aid distribution programs, school feeding programs and food stamps, as well as interference in food markets through food subsidies and ration programs, do not address the most pressing and malnutrition. This reflects the fact that the critical...