{"id":1970,"date":"2019-12-17T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfoodresearchprogram.web.unc.edu\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:17:00","slug":"the-double-burden-of-malnutrition-in-the-lancet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/the-double-burden-of-malnutrition-in-the-lancet\/","title":{"rendered":"The double burden of malnutrition in The Lancet"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A new approach is needed to help low- and middle-income countries reduce obesity and undernutrition at the same time as the issues become increasingly connected, according to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(19)32497-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first paper<\/a><\/strong> in a four-paper report <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(19)32497-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published in The Lancet<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are facing a new nutrition reality where major food system changes have led the poorest countries to have high levels of overweight and obesity along with undernutrition,\u201d said\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sph.unc.edu\/adv_profile\/barry-m-popkin-phd\/\">Barry M. Popkin,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 lead author of the first paper and W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition at the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sph.unc.edu\/\">UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cOur research shows that overweight and obesity levels of at least 20% among adults are found in all low-income countries. Furthermore, the double burden of high levels of both undernutrition and overweight occurs primarily in the lowest-income countries \u2014 a reality that is driven by the modern food system. This system has a global reach and is preventing low- and even moderate-income countries and households from consuming safe, affordable and healthy diets in a sustainable way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zmescience.com\/science\/obesity-unernutrition-dual-threat-2352423\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coverage by ZME Science<\/a>,<\/strong> further information from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/posts\/2019\/12\/16\/twin-presence-of-obesity-and-undernutrition-reflects-shifts-in-global-food-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC press release<\/a>,<\/strong> or the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(19)32497-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full paper published in The Lancet<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new approach is needed to help low- and middle-income countries reduce obesity and undernutrition at the same time as the issues become increasingly connected, according to the first paper in a four-paper report published in The Lancet. \u201cWe are facing a new nutrition reality where major food system changes have led the poorest countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barry-popkin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - 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