Quite the opposite of an effective weight loss pill, but this bears talking about.

A doctor who has been treating malnourished people is now working with plant scientists to try to improve the nutritional content of food. Three internationally known organizations based in St. Louis have created the Global Harvest Alliance. The goal is to create inexpensive, nutritionally complete food to help the hungry and undernourished. Researchers hope to bring the labs in Missouri together with health centers and farms in places where people die from malnourishment.

The goal is to find ways to improve some foods already used to treat malnourishment. Another goal is to help testing and distribution of crops genetically modified to boost nutritional content. The goal is to provide the crops cheaply to farmers to produce more nutritious foods.