Higher temperatures are an equal or greater contributor to child malnutrition and low quality diets than traditional culprits of poverty, inadequate sanitation, and poor education, finds a first-of-its kind international study in BBC, MSN, Forbes, The Telegraph, Reuters, and more.

The 19-nation study of 107,000 children is the largest investigation of the relationship between climate change and children’s diet diversity. It is believed to be the first study across multiple nations and continents of how both higher temperatures and rainfall—two key climate change outcomes—have impacted children’s diet diversity.

“Certainly, future climate changes have been predicted to affect malnutrition, but it surprised us that higher temperatures are already showing an impact,” said lead author Meredith Niles, an assistant professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont and a fellow at the university’s Gund Institute for Environment.

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