SHARE DILI, 2 July 2013 (IRIN) - More work is needed to improve nutritional behaviour in Timor Leste, where 58 percent of children under five are stunted (too short for their age) due to chronic malnourishment, experts say. “The focus needs to be on behavioural change. Simply increasing the quantity of food will not improve people’s nutritional status if this food source, such as rice, has limited nutritional value,” Mirko Gamez Arias, a programme manager at CARE, told IRIN. “It is not always simply a case of whether people have access to enough food, but often more a question as to whether the quality of food consumed is sufficient to prevent malnutrition. Many...
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