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Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 2000

Available in : English

The Fourth Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of ACC/SCN reports initiated in the mid-1980s on the nutritional status of populations in developing countries. While earlier reports have focused on regional trends in preschool undernutrition, this report is built around the theme nutrition throughout the life cycle. This change was signalled, in part, by growing evidence of the linkage between foetal undernutrition and chronic disease later in life, as well as new estimates of the global magnitude of growth retardation during foetal life.
This report highlights the size of the malnutrition problem and its consequences for human and economic development. It stresses the need to move ahead in creative partnerships.

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Themes: Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Emergency, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Nutrition training and capacity development, general, Overnutrition, general, School age nutrition and adolescents , general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Anthropometry, BFHI, BFHI, BFHI, Breastfeeding counseling, Breastfeeding counseling, Codex Alimentarius, Diet related chronic disease, Dietary diversity, Double burden of malnutrition, Double burden of malnutrition, Exclusive breastfeeding, Food Aid, Food Aid, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food safety, Fortification, Fortification, HIV / AIDS affected communities, HIV / AIDS affected communities, International Code of Marketing of BMS, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition transition, Nutrition transition, Nutrition transition, Obesity and overweight, PMTCT, PMTCT, PMTCT, Poverty, Programmes, Refugees / IDPs, Refugees / IDPs, Right to food, Rights of the child, School feeding, School feeding, Stunting, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Triple-A (Assessment, Analysis, Action), Underweight, Urban nutrition, Urban nutrition, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Wasting, Zinc