Thread by @WHO

More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of #malnutrition – undernutrition and overweight/obesity:
New @WHO-supported report published in the @TheLancet bit.ly/2shgkV4

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Undernutrition and obesity can lead to effects across generations as both maternal undernutrition and obesity are associated with poor health in offspring bit.ly/2shgkV4

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We can no longer characterize countries as low-income and undernourished, or high-income and only concerned with obesity.

All forms of #malnutrition have a common denominator – food systems that fail to provide all people with healthy, safe, affordable, and sustainable diets.

Changing this will require action across food systems – from production and processing, through trade and distribution, pricing, marketing, and labelling, to consumption and waste. All relevant policies and investments must be radically re-examined.

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https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1206466420953042945

Globally, estimates suggest that almost 2.3 billion children and adults are overweight, and more than 150 million children are stunted bit.ly/2shgkV4

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Healthy diets reduce the risk of #malnutrition in all its forms by promoting healthy growth, development, and immunity, and preventing obesity and non-communicable diseases throughout life bit.ly/2shgkV4

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Healthy diets means:
-optimal 🤱🏻 practices in the first 2 years
-a diversity & abundance of 🥦🍎, wholegrains, fibre, nuts, seeds
-modest amounts of animal products
-min. processed meat
-min. foods & beverages high in energy & added amounts of sugar, saturated fat, trans fat, 🧂

Exposure to undernutrition early in life followed by becoming overweight from childhood onwards increases the risk of a range of non-communicable diseases bit.ly/2shgkV4

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The effect of maternal obesity on the likelihood of the child having obesity may be exacerbated if the mother was undernourished in early life bit.ly/2shgkV4

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Actions to address all forms of #malnutrition have historically not taken account of early-life nutrition, diet quality, socioeconomic factors and food environments bit.ly/2shgkV4

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While it is critical to maintain these programmes addressing undernutrition, they need to be redesigned to do no harm.

Existing undernutrition programmes present opportunities to address obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases bit.ly/2shgkV4

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Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is an excellent example of an action that addresses undernutrition, overweight and obesity at the same time
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