Small investments in nutrition could make the world brainier

Question 1

PISA

Answer 1

Programme for International Student Assessment

Question 2

OECD?

Answer 2

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Question 3

What are the proposed reasons education is declining?

Answer 3

migration, phones, covid, unions, culture

Question 4

How does japan embarass the rest?

Answer 4

larger classes, better results

Question 5

What period are a million synapses formed per second?

Answer 5

third trimester to second birthday

Question 6

How bad do malnourished brains lose power?

Answer 6

half a standard deviation worse

Question 7

UNICEF

Answer 7

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

Question 8

of UN member states?

Answer 8

193

Question 9

“paucity”?

Answer 9

Scarcity

Question 10

Famous and old medical journal?

Answer 10

Lancet

Question 11

How much does bad developement cost us, globally?

Answer 11

6% GPD

Question 12

How much does it cost the countries it effects?

Answer 12

12% GDP

Question 13

How many countries have very high stunting rates?

Answer 13

29

Question 14

The proportion of people on 2.15 a day was what in 1990 and what in 2022?

Answer 14

38% and 9%

Question 15

Why do poor countries sell more bad snacks?

Answer 15

They don’t need fridges and keep long

Question 16

What is the capital of Bangladesh

Answer 16

Dhaka

Question 17

What was humanities percentage of access to “basic” toilets from 2000 to 2022, change?

Answer 17

55% to 81%

Question 18

What is the WFP and who runs it?

Answer 18

World Food Program, the UN

Question 19

What is the name of the cash to education scheme in Uganda, and how much for how long?

Answer 19

Nutricash, 20/month, 2 years

Question 20

What did one ugandan mother feed her kid before she knew better

Answer 20

sugar in boiled water

Question 21

Estimate for fighting deficient nutrition at scale?

Answer 21

12 billion

Question 22

Financial return on a dollar for wasting?

Answer 22

3

Question 22

“wasting” or “wasted”

Answer 22

underweight for age

Question 23

Financial return on a dollar for stunting?

Answer 23

29