This week, readings are non-mandatory. However, the following website is useful to understand more about global challenges, or if you need help in identifying a global challenge:

• What is the world doing to address global challenges? Check the video explanation introduced by Serena Williams about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
• Read more about the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN.

The following websites provide in-depth information about the nutrition example of the lecture, and can also be helpful in identifying other global challenges:

• Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says, click here
• World Health Organization, Obesity and Overweight, click here
• FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO, The state of food security and nutrition in the world, click here
• World Health Organization, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, click here
• The World Bank, the Netherlands, click here
• (in Dutch) Volksgezondheid en Zorg, Overgewicht, huidige situatie, click here
• Human Development Report, the Netherlands 2016, click here