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Mothers and Children Need to Prioritize Healthy Diet: Agriculture Minister
Filualea says to address this complex web of challenges, clear action is needed to prioritize healthy diets in general, and maternal and child diets in particular, through a more resilient food system.
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“A clear action is needed to prioritize healthy diet for mothers and children”, Agriculture Minister, Senley Filualea says at the recent virtual launching of the Asia and Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020 Report.
Filualea says persistent health issues affecting children remains a challenge for Pacific Island Countries.
The Agriculture Minister says while obesity, overweight and diabetes are central to the crisis of malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific, Pacific leaders should not underestimate the existence of stunting and anaemia in the region. He says this largely results from micronutrient deficiencies.
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The economic impact of Covid-19 on the world s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published recently by four specialised agencies of the United Nations.
The report âAsia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: Maternal and Child Diets at the Heart of Improving Nutrition , is jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the United Nations Children s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organisation.
Press release UN agencies warn economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific FAO-UNICEF-WFP-WHO Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable 20 January 2021
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Bangkok, Thailand, 20 January 2021 – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today by four specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The report found that 1.9 billion people were unable to afford a healthy diet, even before the COVID-19 outbreak and the damage it has since caused to economies and individual livelihoods.
Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020: Maternal and child diets at the heart of improving nutrition
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Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable
20/01/2021, Bangkok, Thailand – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today by four specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The report, ‘
Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: Maternal and Child Diets at the Heart of Improving Nutrition’ found that 1.9 billion people were unable to afford a healthy diet in this region, even before the COVID-19 outbreak and the damage it has since caused to economies and individual livelihoods. The report was published jointly by the Food and Agriculture O