Source: World Bank webpage
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In May 2017, UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group released the 2017 edition of the joint child malnutrition estimates for the 1990–2016 period, representing the most recent global and regional figures. A suite of on-line interactive dashboards were developed to enable users to explore the entire time-series (1990 – 2016) of global and regional estimates of prevalence and number affected for stunting, overweight, wasting and severe wasting. These estimates are presented by various regional and income group country classifications used by various agencies including the United Nations, UNICEF, WHO and The World Bank Group.
Note: Global estimates refer to the aggregate of the UN regions.
From the EU-JRC web site
The European Commission’s Health and Consumer General Directorate (DG SANCO) states on its website that
“in Europe today, 6 of the 7 biggest risk factors for premature death
– blood pressure, cholesterol, Body Mass Index, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake,
physical inactivity and alcohol abuse –
relate to how we eat, drink and move”.
Eating, drinking and physical activity are everyday tasks that are prone to intervention, hence a major challenge is how to promote and implement changes in these activities that will result in a better health population-wide.
In this context, the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) is providing an expert base of knowledge to tackle nutritional and health issues within the context of EU Health and Consumer Policies.
The Institute’s goal is to provide independent solid scientific advice to European Commission Services, EU Institutions and EU Member States in the field of nutritional science, and particularly in the implementation of the European strategy on nutrition, overweight, and obesity-related health issues.
Scientists at the IHCP are reviewing state-of-the-art scientific developments in nutritional science, and their applicability and relevance for decision making in the areas of public health policy and nutritional recommendations.
Under pressure because of the US obesity pandemic, the Institute of Medicine has released a large number of documents which are often hard to digest for lay public. Fortunately this is not the case for the latest product: an InphoGraphic. Disseminate as much as possible.
