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About malnutrition

...nd are associated with higher death rates. In fact, malnutrition is responsible for more ill health than any other cause:undernutrition explains about 45% of deaths among children under fiveoverweight and poor diets elevate the risk of NCDs which in turn contribute to death and disability worldwideavoidable deaths due to poor diet have grown by 15% since 2010 and poor diets are now responsible for a quarter of all adult deathsmicronutrient deficiencies are common contributors to poor growth, int...

Chapter 2:

What we eat matters: Health and environmental impacts of diets worldwide

...ore than 12 million avoidable deaths in 2018, which represents 26% of all deaths among adults. Compared to 2010, the number of avoidable deaths due to diet grew by 15%, more rapidly than the population (10%). Almost half of the avoidable deaths were from coronary heart disease (5.9 million, 47%), about a fifth each from cancers (2.8 million, 22%) and stroke (2.4 million, 19%) and around 5% each from type-2 diabetes (690,000) and respiratory diseases (760,000). Our estimate of attributable deaths...

Chapter 1:

Introduction

...rition explains around 45% of deaths among children under five, mainly in low and middle-income countries.[1] The health consequences of overweight and obesity contribute to an estimated 4 million deaths (7.1% of all deaths) and 120 million healthy years of life lost (disability-adjusted life years or DALYs)[2] across the global population (4.9% of all DALYs among adults).[3]Malnutrition is also a social and economic problem, holding back development across the world with unacceptable human cons...

Architecture for Impact: Nutrition and the Sustainable Development Goals

...ying cause of 20% of maternal deaths and 45% of child deaths and a leading risk factor in more than 13 million deaths, is not an option.

The planetary crisis affecting almost all of us - poor nutrition

...ot of the high rates of early death and disability (particularly among children, pregnant women and new mothers) in many countries. Globally, malnutrition is a major underlying cause of almost half of the 6.3 million child deaths that are occurring each year and is responsible for half of all years lived with disability by children.  It is costing governments billions in healthcare costs, lost productivity and economic growth.The Global Nutrition Report makes a compelling case for pushing nutrit...

Nutrition and COVID-19: Malnutrition is a threat-multiplier

...jected 10% to 45% increase in deaths of children aged under 5 every month. Within this scenario, it follows that that there would also be an 8% to 39% increase in maternal deaths every month, with increases in child wasting being the largest contributor to these estimated deaths across the 118 countries in the study.The 2020 Global Nutrition Report states that the distribution of nutrition professionals is not equitable, even before the potential impact of the pandemic is taken into consideratio...

Closing the Gap on Acute Malnutrition

...sponsible for 1 million child deaths a year [1] - making it the most deadly form of malnutrition - but it hampers the ability of children to reach their full potential. Children who survive being wasted may face an increased risk of stunted growth, long-term health problems and poor educational performance.Yet acute malnutrition has been among the most neglected issues in development; in part due to the historical view that it is a by-product of famine or conflict. In reality, most children who ...

Appendix: Chapter 2 methodology and data sources

...tors.[4]The number of avoided deaths due to the change in risk exposure of risk i, Δdeathsi, was calculated by multiplying the associated PIF by disease-specific death rates, DR, and by the number of people alive within a population, P:𝛥𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠𝑖(𝑟, 𝑠, 𝑎, 𝑑) = 𝑃𝐼𝐹𝑖(𝑟, 𝑠, 𝑎, 𝑑) ∙ 𝐷𝑅(𝑟, 𝑠, 𝑎, 𝑑) ∙ 𝑃(𝑟, 𝑠, 𝑎)where PIFs are differentiated by region r, sex s, age group a, and disease/cause of death d; the death rates are differentiated by region, sex, age group and disease; the population groups are di...

Tackling Malnutrition in a Changing World: A Call for Accountability and Action

Malnutrition affects the health and well-being of people all over the world, and poses significant threats to global food security, human development, and economic growth. Globally, 11 million people die each year from nutrition-related diseases. This issue disproportionately affects women and children, with 45% of deaths in children under five being linked to undernutrition. What makes this even more concerning is that these figures do not fully account for any additional burden caused by ongoi...

Executive summary

...d increasing in most regions. Deaths attributable to poor diets have grown by 15% since 2010 – more rapidly than population growth – and are now responsible for more than 12 million NCD deaths in adults. This is a quarter (26%) of all adult deaths each year. The proportion of premature deaths attributed to dietary risks is highest in Northern America and Europe (31% each), and lowest but also at notable levels in Africa (17%). No region is on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of red...