Legislative approaches to improve nutrition
| dc.coverage | Africa | |
| dc.creator | FAO | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:05:26Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:05:26Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date | 2019-10-16T09:58:49.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T21:17:24Z | |
| dc.description | In sub-Saharan Africa, close to 50 percent of children under five suffer from vitamin A deficiency, 33 percent are stunted, 7 percent are wasted and 5 percent are overweight. Anaemia affects 39 percent of women of reproductive age (15-49), while 20 percent of adult men and 40 percent of adult women in the region are overweight or obese (FAO, 2017). These are all forms of malnutrition. The co-existence of overweight, vitamin deficiency and stunting is common in most countries, and often occur in the same household. This is referred to as the double burden of malnutrition. | |
| dc.format | 6p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA3523EN | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/ca3523en/ca3523en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/218836 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Legislative approaches to improve nutrition | |
| dc.title | Legal brief for parliamentarians in Africa No. 6 | |
| dc.type | Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet |