Human Health and Nutrition
- What Are You Made Of?
The IAEA, along with nutrition experts from around the world and the World Health Organisation, is working to create standards for body composition assessment in children from 0-5 years, 16 November 2009. Read Story
Stories
- Good Nutrition Is Everything, 2 October 2009
- Infant Malnutrition Under Nuclear Eye in Vienna, 15 September 2008
- Joining Forces for "Superfoods", 15 August 2008
- Nutritional Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 6 July 2007
- IAEA and Haiti Seek to Raise Infant Nutrition, 4 May 2007
- IAEA Nobel Fund for Cancer Care, Nutrition Focuses on Fellowships, 16 May 2006
- Nobel Prize Money to Fund Cancer & Nutrition Fellowships in Developing World, 25 November 2005
- IAEA
Chief to Talk Cancer, Crops, Nutrition on Africa Visit,
17 January 2005
Features
- Sustaining Food Security, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2, 2009)
- Fighting Malnutrition, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2, 2009)
- Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2,2009)
- Schools for Nutrition, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 49/1, 2007)
- The Early Years: Keys to Child Nutrition & Health, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 47/1, 2007)
- More Features
Statements
- "Nuclear Techniques to Move the Nutrition Agenda Forward, by Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 7 October 2009
- Capacity Development in Nutrition: The Turning Point, by Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 5 October 2009
- Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, 27 April 2009
- Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, 12 June 2006
- More Director General Statements
- More Deputy Directors General Statements
Audio
Nuclear Science and Childhood Malnutrition,
Alan Jackson, Convenor, International Malnutrition Task Force
Nuclear Science and Body Composition,
Chittaranjan Yajnik, Director, Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India
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Bridging
Nutrition Gaps, June 2003
Photo Essays
To Know More
- IAEA Nobel Peace Prize: Cancer and Nutrition Fund [pdf]
- Improving Human Health [pdf]
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, WHO [pdf]
- Stable Isotope Techniques to Develop and Monitor Nutrition Programmes, 8 July 2008
- IAEA Special Fund- Nobel Peace Prize for 2005, IAEA Board Report, 7 November 2005 [pdf]
- Appropriate Uses of Vitamin A Tracer (Stable Isotope) Methodology [pdf]
- Handbook on Vitamin A Tracer Dilution Methods to Assess Status and Evaluate Intervention Programs [pdf]
- Analysis of Stable Isotope Data to Estimate Vitamin A Body Stores
- Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS for French Speaking African Countries, WHO
- Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (for South East Asia), WHO
- UN to Review Progress on the Millennium Development Goals at High-level Meeting in September 2010, UN
Related Links
- IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
- IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation
- IAEA Division of Human Health
- IAEA Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section
- Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition, FAO/IAEA Joint Programme