As deprived countries strive to feed their people, developed ones make efforts to make their people aware about how to eat healthy. As different societies and governments are getting accustomed to the role good food plays in people's lives, nutrition has become the focal point again. The only reason for this is not just that there has been an increase in the diseases related to diet, such as anemia, diabetes or ailments related to heart. It is quite beneficial to eat healthy and the outcome of malnutrition in this regard can be very harmful for the whole nation, beginning with poor education systems and ending with lesser life times. In spite of having various means of problems, both the developed and developing nations would perform very well if they could increase the amount of nutrients, from fish oil and other things, consumed by their people as the country's people determine how strong it is.

In countries like India, not only is there a problem of food shortage in some societies, but it is also poor in nutrition. A combination of not enough calories and not enough minerals and vitamins can be devastating to entire communities. Some sources say that there are certain areas of the world where a large young population suffer from Anemia, a gentle but serious illness that results because of acute iron deficiency. Those diagnosed with anemia are lower on energy, it is more difficult for them to concentrate and operate at high cognitive levels for a longer period of time. Not to mention that it means lower educational achievement in children and exhausted efficiency in adults. One more important factor is inadequate supply of vitamin A, which results in severe damage to main organs and lesser quality of living.

Surely, costs of delivering a comprehensive nutrient program, by doling out fish oil or other diet supplements or fortifying products such as milk would be quickly outweighed by its benefits. What is left to be done is not influencing decision-makers to allocate money to such programs, but making the management more proficient and less fraudulent. Earlier encounters indicate that aid repeatedly gets caught up in the particulars of untrustworthy bureaucracy or the final distributors.

Though it is inefficiency of the government that creates problems in the developing countries, it is food and drink of the recent populations in the developed countries that obstruct the advancement in public nutrition. The families that earn less and are more prone to diet related problems, oppose changes as it is most likely that they are inclined to not valuing healthy lifestyles that strongly in any case. As far as food is concerned, the thing that matters is taste and quick satisfaction. This is the reason that going to a fast food chain or having a packet of crisps in the evening becomes normal behaviors and taking fish oil, for example, is somewhat unknown concept. In such a situation, before government programs attain the strongest effect, more awareness is required and also a set of disincentives (e.g. high taxes) on tasty but health affecting foods.