Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1997

Available in : English

This Third Report on the World Nutrition Situation is part of a series of SCN reports initiated in the mid 80s on nutritional status of populations in developing countries. The centrepiece of earlier reports was estimates of regional trends in underweight of preschool children. This Third Report presents, for the first time, information on global and regional trends in stunting, i.e., low height-for-age. This analysis was made possible because of the significantly enriched database on child growth made available by countries to the international community in recent years. This work was also motivated by important research on childhood stunting and mental development. All regions in the world, except Sub-Saharan Africa, show steady reductions in stunting over the period 1980-95.

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Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

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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 assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Anthropometry, Biochemical, Dietary diversity, Food Aid, Food Aid, Food chain, food production and processing, Fortification, Fortification, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Nutritional requirements, Nutritional requirements , Programmes, Refugees / IDPs, Refugees / IDPs, Stunting, Underweight, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Wasting, Zinc

Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Infancy, Pre-school age, School age, Adolescence, Intergenerational focus

Resource types : Assessments, surveys and indicators, Databases, Flagship publications, Reports

Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition in Emergencies, Nutrition of School-Age Children, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle