With obesity on the rise in developing countries, what needs to be done to tackle the double burden of malnutrition? Join the panel on Thursday 14 May, 1–3pm BST to discuss. Sponsored by Gain
The 2014 Global Nutrition Report noted that today poor nutrition has many different faces: “From children living under famine conditions who appear to be made of skin and bone, to adults who have trouble breathing owing to obesity.”
These two sides of the malnutrition issue are increasingly being referred to as a “double burden” for public health. While around 2 billion people are estimated to be deficient in at least one micronutrient, at the other side of the spectrum, nearly 1.5 billion are thought to be overweight, and over 500 million obese.
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