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"Alarming" malnutrition affects poor countries as rich countries and represents an "unacceptable" weight on the planet, according to an international report released Thursday.
While hunger has increased again in the world for more than two years, "the situation is alarming": "whether countries are rich or poor, they experience some form of malnutrition", stunting, lack of micronutrients, rickets, overweight, or obesity, "Corinna Hawkes, director of the University of London's Nutrition Policy Center, told a conference call on the sidelines of the study's presentation in Bangkok.
The annual report, entitled "Global nutrition report", reviews all international data covering nearly 200 countries. These data come from organizations such as UN, FAO, WFP, Unicef, WHO, but also NGOs, foundations and universities.
A total of 141 countries combine at least three forms of malnutrition – stunting for children, anemia and / or overweight for women – 41 of which are at a very high level, says the report, which is particularly concerned about " large refugee populations in the Middle East combine stunting, rickets, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity ", especially in Lebanon.
Experts are worried about the strong increase (+ 54.9%) in industrial infant formula sales recorded between 2005 and 2017 worldwide, saying that "a significant (and unprecedented) change in the diet of babies and young children is being "in the world.
With the exception of North America, infant formula sales have increased in most parts of the world.
And, although badfeeding of infants, encouraged by the World Health Organization, has globally increased worldwide (41% are exclusively badfed until the age of six months in 2017, compared to 37% in 2012), this is an "extremely slow" progress, the report complains.
– Female Obesity –
For women, the concern comes from the rise in obesity. It is generally worsening among adults and the rates are higher for women (15.1% in 2017 against 10.6% in 2000), than for men (11.1% in 2017 compared to 6.7% in 2000), according to the report.
In addition, "none" of the 194 countries studied made significant progress on the subject of the fight against obesity.
The report highlights the role of the food industry and excess salt, sugar and fat in processed foods. 59% of children drink sodas daily in Latin America and the Caribbean, 52% in Africa, 44% in Oceania and 40% in Asia.
Noting that 59 countries have sugar beverage taxes, the report calls on each government to set its nutrition priorities, allocate resources to better quantify and understand the problems that coexist within the same population.
Mexico, which has introduced a tax, has seen sales of soft drinks drop by 10 percent, Hawkes said. "When countries take action, there are real results," she added.
https://globalnutritionreport.org/
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