Commitment

Prevalence of overweight and obesity

Government / Tanzania

Prime Minister's Office

Commitment made: 30 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - This commitment goal will be covered nation wide

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Commitment description

The rise in obesity and overweight in the Tanzanian population has compounded the problem of malnutrition, presenting the country with more health care and socio-economic challenges. The government of Tanzania in collaboration with stakeholders will strive to maintain prevalence of overweight and obesity below 26% by 2026 by implementing high level impact interventions relating to diets and physical activities in line with NMNAPII. The estimated cost of these interventions are TZS 12.8 billion (USD 5.5 million) and monitoring will be under the NMNAPII laid framework.

Global Nutrition Targets

Adult obesity

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Government, Donors, Other Development Partners, NGOs, CSOs, Private Sector
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Total costs are partially secured.
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (TZS) - Tanzanian shilling
Cost amount 12,791,722,722.0
$USD equivalent 5,575,824.807 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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