{
  "id": 5259687,
  "title": "Act for Nutrition conference: Govt adviser says nutrition needs to be reclassified as a capital expenditure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/act-for-nutrition-conference-govt-adviser-says-nutrition-needs-to-be",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:57:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027116/act-for-nutrition-conference-govt-adviser-says-nutrition-needs-to-be-reclassified-as-a-capital-expenditure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During the second day of the international 'Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore' conference at Islamabad's Serena Hotel, government adviser Adnan Pasha Siddiqui suggested that nutrition should be reclassified as a capital expenditure instead of an expense. He argued that this accounting change would highlight the long-term investment needed to address Pakistan's persistent nutrition and stunting crisis. Siddiqui emphasized that malnutrition was not just a health issue, but also a significant economic burden, costing Pakistan over $17 billion annually. He asserted that nutrition problems were rooted in a combination of factors including poor diets, inadequate healthcare, weak water and sanitation services, and poverty, necessitating a multi-sectoral response.",
  "summary": "The second day of a two-day international conference, ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, is being held at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel. The conference aims to address Pakistan’s persistent nutrition and stunting crisis. On the first day , experts at the conference warned that more than four in 10 children under five were stunted and malnutrition was costing Pakistan close to…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "2nd day of Act for Nutrition conference begins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/2nd-day-of-act-for-nutrition-conference-begins",
        "published": "2026-09-03T05:24:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}