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Dec 15, 2019, 6 tweets

A rapid global #nutrition transition is exposing increasing proportions of individuals to different forms of #malnutrition

TONIGHT at 2330 h GMT, we publish a new Series on the Double Burden of Malnutrition co-led by @WHO

#undernutrition #overweight #obesity #foodsystems

@WHO @CityUniLondon @CorinnaHawkes @Branca59 @SandroDemaio @RachelNugent More than one in three low-income and middle-income countries face both extremes of #malnutrition. NEW Series with @WHO calls for a new global #foodsystems approach to help reduce #undernutrition and #obesity at the same time hubs.ly/H0mfY8f0

@WHO @CityUniLondon @CorinnaHawkes @Branca59 @SandroDemaio @RachelNugent @FoodPolicyCity A package of 10 double-duty actions across different sectors could simultaneously tackle both #undernutrition and problems of #overweight, #obesity, and diet-related #NCDs in a more holisitic way hubs.ly/H0md-120

@WHO @CityUniLondon @CorinnaHawkes @Branca59 @SandroDemaio @RachelNugent @FoodPolicyCity @CityUniHealth #NutritionManifesto: 19 expert individuals from 18 leading organisations call on new stakeholders to join a global #nutrition movement and create the systemic changes needed to end #malnutrition hubs.ly/H0mcLyx0

@WHO @CityUniLondon @CorinnaHawkes @Branca59 @SandroDemaio @RachelNugent @FoodPolicyCity @CityUniHealth @VicHealth @UniMelbMDHS @Deakin @UNICEF @ncdalliance @wellcometrust @FAO @MOH_Kenya @SUN_Movement Podcast: Authors from our new Series on the Double burden of malnutrition Camila Corvalan and Sandro Demaio talk about #malnutrition around the world, and discuss how #obesity and #undernutrition are part of the same problem. Listen here🎧hubs.ly/H0md6pH0

@WHO @CityUniLondon @CorinnaHawkes @Branca59 @SandroDemaio @RachelNugent @FoodPolicyCity @CityUniHealth @VicHealth @UniMelbMDHS @Deakin @UNICEF @ncdalliance @wellcometrust @FAO @MOH_Kenya @SUN_Movement @uchile "We need to identify all the different actions that diverse groups around the world are taking to improve what the world is eating and bring them together"

Profile: @CorinnaHawkes @FoodPolicyCity, co-author of new Series on double burden of #malnutrition hubs.ly/H0mcM1G0

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