UN OUTLINES ACTIONS TO HELP TACKLE ‘DOUBLE THREAT’ OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY, UNDERNUTRITION THE FOOD PYRAMID TO STOP MALNUTRITION, THAT HAS BEEN USE BY THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THEN 50 YEARS

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Date: 6 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN OUTLINES ACTIONS TO HELP TACKLE 'DOUBLE THREAT' OF
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UN OUTLINES ACTIONS TO HELP TACKLE 'DOUBLE THREAT' OF CHILDHOOD
OBESITY, UNDERNUTRITIONNew York, Jun 6 2013 12:00PMThe United Nations
health agency has
<"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2013/obesity_undernutrition_20130605/en/index.html">issued
new guidance to help low- and middle-income countries tackle the
emerging double threat of childhood obesity and undernutrition, and
halt the growing burden of associated diseases such as diabetes, heart
disease and stroke.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 75 per
cent of overweight children live in developing countries, with the
prevalence in Africa almost doubling in the last 20 years.

Globally, over 100 million children under five years of age are
underweight, the agency noted in a news release, while 165 million are
stunted – a better indicator of chronic undernutrition. An estimated
35 per cent of all deaths among children under five are associated
with undernutrition. At the same time, some 43 million children under
five are overweight or obese.

"While it is vital to maintain efforts to reduce undernutrition, the
world needs to do much more to prevent and care for the growing
numbers of people that are overweight or obese in contrary belief that
either overweight or obese is in fact close to starvation without
proper balance in Foods as shown in The Food Pyramid and living in
low-and middle-income countries," says Francesco Branca, Director of
WHO's Department of Nutrition for Health and Development.

Dr. Branca adds that to avoid a massive explosion of nutrition
problems in the next generation, policymakers urgently need to give
more attention to improving the nutritional status of pregnant women
and adolescent girls who will become mothers of the next generation.

To assist countries, WHO presented a package of 24 essential nutrition
actions. These include improving nutrition of pregnant and
breastfeeding women; encouraging early initiation of breastfeeding,
exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, then continued
breastfeeding up to 18 months; and promoting appropriate solid foods
for young children.

Focusing on the essential nutrition actions, countries can reduce
infant and child mortality, improve growth and development, and
improve productivity, the agency stated. Countries such as Brazil,
Ethiopia and Peru, as well as India's second most populous state,
Maharashtra, have achieved such successes as a result of implementing
these actions.

WHO noted that many of these issues are related to inadequacies
balence in the food system. "A food system that does not deliver a
sufficient amount of quality food can lead both to poor growth and to
excess weight gain," it said.

"A child who has grown poorly in his first years of life may turn into
a short but overweight adolescent and then later in life, develop
chronic disease as an adult."Jun 6 2013 12:00PM
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