Commitment

Averting the increase of overweight and non-communicable diseases

Government / Zambia

Description

Scale up interventions towards reducing impact of diet on non-communicable diseases

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Reduce undernutrition by 35% by 2030

Description

Accelerate scale up of the Scaling Up Nutrition 1st 1000 Most Critical Days Programme from 42 districts to 116 districts by 2030.

This is expected to reduce prevalence of stunting, wasting, low birthweight and anemia in children under five years of age

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index
Upper moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Prevalence of overweight among women of reproductive range
Value Measurement date
Baseline 23% 2018
Target 10%

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