Lisa Schlein | Geneva March 16, 2011 21-month-old Sushila, which weighs 4.5 kg and suffers from severe malnutrition, is in the womb of her mother in Kirwara village of Sheopur district district in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, April 2010 (file photo)
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls for action to combat all forms of malnutrition, including under-nutrition and obesity, which have implications for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. More than 60 world nutrition experts meeting on which Headquarters this week guidelines to review and identify solutions to this growing problem.
Who says that malnutrition worldwide accounted for 11 percent of all diseases and cause long term ill health and disability. It says that malnutrition leads to stunted growth and wasting (being extremely thin) in almost 300 million children.
It says nearly 4 million children die annually of food risks, including underweight, and vitamin and mineral deficiency, especially vitamin A, iron, iodine and zinc.
While lack of food lead to serious health problems, can too much food can have the same influence. Who is Director of nutrition for health and development, Francesco Branca, says 43 million children under five are overweight.
"We see many times have we in the same countries, at the same time, the presence of under-nutrition and overweight. We see that this increase in obesity is, in fact, a problem in the developing countries. We have the largest increase in overweight, particularly in Africa, North Africa, and we can now say that perhaps the share of the number of overweight children actually greater in developing countries than in developed countries, "said Branca.
The World Health Organization reports that approximately one third of the 1.5 billion overweight people in the world are obese. It says 35 million of the 43 million overweight children in the developing countries. The largest numbers are in Asia, but the fastest growth in Africa.
Who says that today's children are becoming overweight, because they are more sedentary than in the past. Simply put, they eat more than they need.
It says that it is very refined, processed high-energy density food available in rich countries is also available in poor countries. And, these foods are high in sugar and fat content.
Professor of nutrition at Cornell University, Rebecca Lane, said that the overweight and obesity epidemics now present in every country in the world. She said that the conditions of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and overweight and obesity, relate to multiple ways.
"The kinds of diets that lead children to overweight-the high sugar, high fat diets – mostly relatively low in essential vitamins and minerals. But, secondly, there is evidence that the condition of being overweight or obese also one's metabolism of important minerals, like iron, changes so that obese individuals do not absorb and metabolize iron normally, emerging, "said Lane.
Lane said underweight in women and children is responsible for more premature deaths and disability than any other avoidable risk factor-over unsafe sex, more than the use of tobacco and more than overweight.
Who says child overweight and obesity, but can also lead to serious health problems, including early onset diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and certain forms of cancer.
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