[Comment] Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition

In The Lancet, the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration1 describe trends in body-mass index (BMI), underweight, overweight, and obesity in almost 130 million children, adolescents, and adults from 200 countries worldwide. Findings of the study provide grounds for both optimism and concern. The good news is that from 1975 to 2016, the prevalence of undernutrition in children aged 5 years and older decreased, and obesity in some regions had slowed. The bad news is that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults (aged ≥20 years) and children and adolescents (5–19 years) in other regions of the world was increasing.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research