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Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
(...) The two faces of malnutrition include undernutrition, such as wasting, stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as those associated with dietary imbalance and excess, such as overweight, obesity, or diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
(...) Technical links
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Maternal, infant and young child nutrition (WHA65.6)
United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) (WHA69)
Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing (WPR/RC68.R3)
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Woman and her newborn baby at the National Centre for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH)
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2 out of 3 babies
are not exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Midwife showing a woman how to breastfeed her newborn baby, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in Brunei
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Only one out of three newborns
are put to the breast within the first hour of life.
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Nurses showing to a mother how to introduce nutritionally-adequate and safe complementary (solid) foods at Berakas Health Center
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7.2 million children under 5 years
were overweight or obese in 2018
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu School children eating snacks in the canteen.
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> 84 million children aged 5-19 years
were overweight or obese, a 43% increase in just 6 years (2010-2016)
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https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/nutrition/1
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Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
(...) The two faces of malnutrition include undernutrition, such as wasting, stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as those associated with dietary imbalance and excess, such as overweight, obesity, or diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
(...) Technical links
Fact sheets
Obesity and overweight
Healthy diet
Salt reduction
Infant and young child feeding
Data
Nutrition targets in the Western Pacific
WHO Global Database on Body Mass Index
WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition
WHO resolutions
Infant and young child feeding (WHA71.9)
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition (WHA65.6)
United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) (WHA69)
Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing (WPR/RC68.R3)
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Woman and her newborn baby at the National Centre for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH)
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2 out of 3 babies
are not exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Midwife showing a woman how to breastfeed her newborn baby, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in Brunei
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Only one out of three newborns
are put to the breast within the first hour of life.
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu Nurses showing to a mother how to introduce nutritionally-adequate and safe complementary (solid) foods at Berakas Health Center
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7.2 million children under 5 years
were overweight or obese in 2018
© WHO/Yoshi Shimizu School children eating snacks in the canteen.
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> 84 million children aged 5-19 years
were overweight or obese, a 43% increase in just 6 years (2010-2016)
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https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/nutrition
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From 2000 to 2016, the proportion of overweight children between 5 and 19 years of age doubled from 1 in 10 to almost 1 in 5. (...) Today, 1 in 13 children and adolescent of this age are obese in Nepal. Overweight and obesity increases with wealth and household food security. (...) Even in high-income countries such as the UK, the prevalence of overweight is more than twice as high in the poorest areas as in the richest areas.
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https://www.unicef.org/nepal/p...-health-worldwide-warns-unicef
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PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT : WRITTEN STATEMENT / SUBMITTED BY VEREIN SUDWIND ENTWICKLUNGSPOLITIK
Between 1980-2008,
in Iran the mean body mass index has grown among males from approximately 23 kg/m2 to 25
kg/m2 (46.0% overweight and 12.4% obesity) and females from 23 kg/m2 to 27 kg/m2 (56.8% overweight and 26.5%
obesity).
(...) b- Air pollution
Along with overweight/obesity which predisposes or is associated with numerous NCDs including cardiovascular
diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, sleep apnea/sleep-disorder-breathing, venous
insufficiency, venous thrombosis, pulmonary diseases and pulmonary embolus and stroke9, air pollution is also a
contributory factor as well as the cause of such diseases.
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Score: 1054944
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daccess-ods.un.org/acce...open&DS=A/HRC/26/NGO/86&Lang=E
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An additional 213 million were overweight in 2016 but fell below the threshold for obesity.
(...) This reflects the threat posed by malnutrition in all its forms, with there being underweight and overweight young people living in the same communities.
(...) Another 1.3 billion adults were overweight, but fell below the threshold for obesity.
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https://www.who.int/news/item/...mperial-college-london-and-who
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Held at the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific in Manila from 9 to 11 April, the Overweight, Obesity, Diabetes and Law (OODL) Consultation – a first in the Region – brought together public health and law professionals along with consumer rights advocates and other civil society representatives.
(...) Besides the rising numbers of people who are overweight, obese and living with diabetes, these conditions are increasingly being seen among children and teenagers,” noted Dr Susan Mercado, Director, Division of Building Healthy Communities and Populations for the Western Pacific Region. “This meeting has clearly articulated the ‘environmental’ causes of overweight, obesity and diabetes. In the past, these were seen as personal health problems with risks linked to individual habits.
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Score: 1051366.8
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https://www.who.int/westernpac...eight-obesity-diabetes-and-law
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POPULATION, FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT :REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
The global prevalence of overweight among children under age 5 increased from
5.3 per cent in 2012 to 5.6 per cent in 2019, affecting 38.3 million children. The
prevalence of overweight or obesity has risen rapidly since 2000 among older
children, adolescents and adults. Globally, in 2016, 20.6 per cent of children aged 5–9,
17.3 per cent of adolescents aged 10–19, and 38.9 per cent of adults (those aged 18
or older) were overweight. Adult obesity continues to rise globally, from 11.7 per cent
in 2012 to 13.2 per cent in 2016.
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Score: 1047702.5
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https://daccess-ods.un.org/acc...t?open&DS=E/CN.9/2021/2&Lang=E
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The annual damage caused to roads and bridges by overweight vehicles has costs
billions of Euros. The existing means of eliminating overweight vehicles act only to
identify overloaded vehicles that are already operating on roads and already causing
damage.
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Score: 1046823.1
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daccess-ods.un.org/acce...RANS/WP.29/GRSG/2010/30&Lang=E
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The situation has been further complicated by an increase in the number of people of all ages who are overweight or obese and by the evidence regarding micronutrient deficiencies. (...) In the region, the percentage of children between 0 and 4 years of age who are overweight is on the rise. As is shown in figure 2, with the exception of Haiti, the rate for this age group at the regional level amounts to 7%, which means that nearly 4 million children under the age of 5 are either overweight or obese .
(...) In the case of overnutrition, overweight or obesity in childhood has both short- and long-term effects.
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Score: 1046090.5
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https://www.cepal.org/en/insig...en-latin-america-and-caribbean
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