When people don't get enough food, or enough of the right nutrients, three broad kinds of response are used: food assistance that meets need now, fortification that quietly protects a whole population, and community approaches that reshape the local food environment. They work differently — and they aren't rivals. Pick one, scale it to a community, and compare how far it reaches, how fast, at what cost, and how strong the evidence is.
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These are layers, not rivals. Assistance meets the need today; fortification protects a whole population quietly and for pennies; community work reshapes the environment over years. The strongest results come from using them together.
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