Poor dietary choices and sedentary lifestyles are leading the countries of Asia and the Pacific into a future of lower productivity and ballooning public health care costs, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.  “Unhealthy diets, combined with sedentary lifestyles and lack of physical activity have overtaken smoking […]

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Source: UN Children’s Fund Country: Syrian Arab Republic The two main electricity lines supplying power to the station have been damaged in the fighting. UNICEF is responding to the severe shortages among the affected communities. Statement by UNICEF Representative in Syria, Fran Equiza DAMASCUS, 18 October 2019 – “As violence […]

Guest Post October 18, 2019 A new approach to modeling: Placing sustainable development at its core Howard Mann A new book advances a holistic approach to modeling the SDGs and similar complex development processes.