Anna Kalbarczyk

Traditionally, nutrition interventions during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have received less attention than interventions focused on child nutrition.

1 INTRODUCTION The food system in Bangladesh has gone through many changes over the past two decades. Increased income, combined with industrialization and globalization of the food system, are driving a nutrition transition in Bangladesh that includes greater consumption of processed foods and animal-source foods (Al Hasan et al., 2019; Hashan et al., 2020; Hoque et al., 2015).

Health systems globally are unprepared for responding to the needs of aging populations—the majority of whom are women. This is exacerbated by data systems that exclude older women. There is an urgent need to address this gap to ensure policies and services promote healthy aging across the life course. Main text Women aged 50 and over account for 27% of the world’s female population. 1 World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Accessed May 9, 2024.