New challenges in studying nutrition-disease interactions in the developing world
J. Clin. Invest. Andrew M. Prentice, et al. 118:1322 doi:10.1172/JCI34034 [
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Figure 1Inequity in science budgets in relation to the global burden of childhood undernutrition. Although more than $70 billion are spent on health research and development by the public and private sectors each year, only an estimated 10% of this is used for research into 90% of the global burden of disease. For example, the amount of money spent on research into nutritional topics is far exceeded by the extent of the problem, which is responsible for 10%–20% of all lost DALYs globally. In these maps, countries are resized according to the prevalence of the indicator illustrated. Reproduced with permission from Worldmapper (http://www.worldmapper.org).
