Spatial patterns of multiple malnutrition types in West Africa: Four country case studies

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including in Africa south of the Sahara, face a “new nutrition reality” (Popkin, Corvalan, and Grummer-Strawn 2020) referred to as the double burden of malnutrition, where children under five years of age (U5s) and women of reproductive age (WRA) continue to...

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Autores principales: Diop, Loty, van den Bold, Mara, Guo, Zhe, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142208
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Sumario:Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including in Africa south of the Sahara, face a “new nutrition reality” (Popkin, Corvalan, and Grummer-Strawn 2020) referred to as the double burden of malnutrition, where children under five years of age (U5s) and women of reproductive age (WRA) continue to experience high rates of undernutrition while, at the same time, the rates of overweight and obesity in these populations are on the rise (Development initiatives 2020).