Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity

OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 201...

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Main Authors: Hodge, Judith, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147987
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description OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa.
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spelling CGSpace1479872025-11-06T03:59:31Z Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity Hodge, Judith Verstraeten, Roosmarijn Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa. 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:23:37Z 2024-06-21T09:23:37Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147987 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hodge, Judith; Verstraeten, Roosmarijn; and Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica. 2016. Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 9 Pp. 81-88. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_09.
spellingShingle maternal and child health
education
infants
health
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
agricultural research
social protection
water
stunting
agriculture
micronutrient deficiencies
malnutrition
nutrition
trace elements
infant feeding
developing countries
children
hygiene
social safety nets
resilience
obesity
wasting disease
Hodge, Judith
Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica
Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title_full Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title_fullStr Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title_full_unstemmed Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title_short Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
title_sort malnutrition s new frontier the challenge of obesity
topic maternal and child health
education
infants
health
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
agricultural research
social protection
water
stunting
agriculture
micronutrient deficiencies
malnutrition
nutrition
trace elements
infant feeding
developing countries
children
hygiene
social safety nets
resilience
obesity
wasting disease
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