strategy
Reducing incidence of malnutrition
Synonyms:
Reducing malnourishmentAlleviating malnutrition
Reducing incidence of undernutrition
Improving human nutrition
Context:
In countries with steep population growth curves, food and water shortages are increasingly a problem. It is estimated that nearly a billion people, most of them women and children, around the world are chronically malnourished. Implementation:
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) find that the proportion of malnourished families in developing countries has decreased from 36 to 20%. On the other hand, International Food Policy Research Institute finds that the number of malnourished children throughout the developing world increased from 166 million to 188 million between 1975 and 1990. Broader:
ImprovingAdvancing nutrition Narrower:
Balancing local nutrition intakesReducing incidence of child malnutritionReducing incidence of urban malnutritionReducing incidence of seasonal malnutritionReducing incidence of protein-energy malnutritionReducing incidence of malnutrition among indigenous peoplesCombating hungerProviding food aidEducating in nutritionImproving food hygieneIncreasing basic staple foodsSupplying basic nutritional needsCorrecting nutritional deficiencies Facilitated by:
Reducing famineProtecting dietary taboosImproving food self-sufficiencyStudying nutrition-based illnessProducing low-cost food supplementsIncreasing global food productionIntroducing low-cost wholesome foodImproving access of rural poor to credit Problems:
Deterioration of staple food productionDisruption of food supply due to military activities
Export of nutritious food by starving countries
Famine
Food insecurity
Food monopolies
Food wastage
Imbalance in world food economy
Inadequacy of food aid
Inadequate mechanisms for securing sufficient food supplies
Inadequate nutrition education
Inappropriate cash crop policy
Inappropriate food aid
Maldistribution of food
Malnutrition
Man-made famine
Mismanagement of food resources
Neglected food resources
Nutritional deficiencies
Obstacles to learning due to hunger
Overdependence on few crop species
Stagnated development of agricultural production
Starvation
Unpreparedness for food emergencies
Values:
MalnutritionRightsInhumanity Organizations:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations World Health Organization International Food Policy Research Institute Subjects:
Amenities → UndernourishmentType Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
