Prof.
Hassan AGUENAOU
(Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food, URAC 39 (Ibn Tofaïl University-CNESTEN)Regional Designated Center of Nutrition (AFRA/IAEA), Morocco)
Policy implications
Poster
Bakground: High sugar consumption is one of the real problems that have swamped the world because of the known nutritional transition. In Morocco, a national action plan to reduce consumption of sugar, salt and fat 2017-2021 has been developed to strengthen the prevention of different non-communicable diseases and to achieve the goals outlined by ICN2 by 2025. The purpose’s study was to assess...
Ms
Sarah Dalzell
(MRC Elsie Widdowson Laboratory)
Epidemiology
Poster
The Gambia, West Africa is experiencing various types of transition, including nutritional and epidemiological. Rapid urbanisation and the influence of globalisation are resulting in shifts in diet and lifestyle, with a related rise in NCDs. Yet, the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies, infectious diseases, and undernutrition is still high. We have investigated whether migrating to an...
Ms
Sara Estecha Querol
(European Commission - JRC)
Epidemiology
Poster
The main objective of the present study is to describe the child growth patterns in Rwanda in the last 15 years by using data from 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS); and 2012 and 2015 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA). Stunting, or low height for age, is caused among other factors, by long-term insufficient nutrient intake, frequent...
Ms
Yasmine GUENNOUN
(Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food. , URAC 39 (Ibn Tofaïl University. CNESTEN). Regional Designated Center of Nutrition(AFRA-IAEA),Morocco.)
Policy implications
Poster
**Introduction**
Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization to reduce the average salt consumption in the population by 30% to reach a target of less than 5 g per day by 2025, Morocco has recently developed a plan of salt reduction in order to reinforce prevention of non-communicable diseases which is a major problem at the national level.
A reduction in the salt content...
Mrs
Richa Malik MALIK
(Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction
Under-nutrition and over- nutrition have long been treated as distinct public health problems, each with its own underlying factors. However, with urbanization, changing lifestyle and dietary patterns of populations in developing countries, the co-existence of under-nutrition and over-nutrition within countries, communities and households has become inevitable especially in...
Mrs
Lauriane Nyiraneza
(World Health Organization)
Epidemiology
Oral
Authors: Lauriane NYIRANEZA. Dr Rosette NAHIMANA, Eric MATSIKO, Chantal GEGOUT
Background: The double burden of malnutrition has become a global public health issue, particularly in Rwanda, where prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old is remaining high while overweight and obesity among children under five and women of reproductive age is increasing overtime, as risk...
Dr
Imelda Agdeppa
(Food and Nutrition Research Insitute)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction: This study aims to assess the prevalence of underweight and overweight children in the same agegroups and evaluate if differences exists in their usual nutrients intake.
Methods: Data were from a nationally representative sample of 8992 children aged 3-12y who participated in 2013 National Nutrition Survey. Dietary intake was collected using 24-h dietary recall. A second...
Prof.
EDITH ROSANA HUAMAN GUADALUPE
(UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DEL PERU)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction.- The contamination of the environment by lead, cadmium in metallurgical zones its deadly effect on health and nutrition, in maternal perinatal groups is a priority in the world.
Objective.- To determine the relationship of cadmium, lead and hemoglobin levels in maternal blood, in the city of La Oroya, Peru.
methods.- Observational, cross-sectional descriptive study. Samples...
Dr
Melissa Miranda
(Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology)
Epidemiology
Poster
Background:
Malnutrition in all its forms is a complex public health problem in Bolivia. As in many low and middle income countries main public policies are mainly directed to reduce stunting and anemia, however the prevalence of overweight and obesity is silently increasing. In a country with substantial socioeconomic inequalities the current burden of malnutrition denotes a difficult...
Dr
Maria Elena Diaz
(Nationa Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology)
Epidemiology
Poster
Background. Current societies are characterized by an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, which is a general problem of the adult population and has an important impact on public health, in comparison with underweight figures. This situation also occurs in the elderly, but in these ages, sarcopenia is prevalent; it is identified among other aspects by decline of the skeletal...
Mr
Gul Nawaz Khan
(Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan)
Epidemiology
Poster
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Pakistan is one of the many developing countries facing highest double burden of malnutrition. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and inequality in double burden of malnutrition in Pakistan in order to guide policy makers and government agencies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Global Targets for Nutrition 2025.
Methods: The...
Ms
Habsatou MOROH DIAKITE
(Direction de Nutrition/MSP), Mr
Maman Aminou AMADOU
(Institut de Santé Publique)
Epidemiology
Poster
• Introduction
In Niger few studies were interested on the problems of overload diseases. The 2006 Niger Demographic and Health Survey, NDHS[1] showed according to Body Mass Index (BMI), the energetic deficiency (BMI lest than 18, 5) was 19% while 13% of Niger women had a high BMI (25 or over). According to survey using STEPS [2] approach for chronic diseases risk factor surveillance,...
Ms
Aakriti Gupta
(Delhi University)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction: A high prevalence of malnutrition, as characterized by underweight (UW) and overweight (OW), has been reported among the geriatric population in India. The geriatric population has an increased risk of malnutrition due to physiological changes such as reduced metabolic rate, loss of appetite, difficulties in chewing and various co-morbidities. UW among the elderly can cause...
Mrs
Yasmine GUENNOUN
(Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food, URAC 39( Ibn tofail University-CNESTEN) Regional Designated Center of Nutrition( AFRA-IAEA), Morocco)
Interventions
Poster
**Introduction**
High dietary salt (NaCl) intake is a significant risk for hypertension and is associated with the increase in blood pressure related to aging, increased risks of stroke and coronary heart diseases thus a common public health challenge worldwide. To contribute to the achievement of global voluntary targets for non-communicable diseases set by the World of Health Organization...
Dr
Henry Doctor
(World Health Organization)
Assessment
Oral
Background
A comprehensive analysis of the malnutrition status of Mozambican women of reproductive age to guide nutrition-related policy-making is needed. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and trends in overweight, underweight, and overweight and anemic in Mozambican women. Geographical clusters of overweight women were identified. In addition, socioeconomic factors associated...
Prof.
Hassan AGUENAOU
(Joint Research Unit in Nutrition and Food, URAC 39 (Ibn Tofaïl University-CNESTEN)Regional Designated Center of Nutrition (AFRA/IAEA), Morocco)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction: As under developing countries, Morocco is also a victim of the nutritional transition characterized by a food imbalance that is based on high sugar consumption (95g/p/d) directly involved in triggering serious health problems. Action plans are then necessary to conduct at the national level as part of the prevention of various diseases. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to...
Ms
Estela Skapino
(School of Nutrition, Universidad de la República)
Epidemiology
Poster
Background: Undernutrition in childhood has traditionally been a major concern for public health in low and middle-income countries. However, rapid changes in lifestyles contributed to the increase in the prevalence of obesity and other chronic diseases. Coexistence of excess body weight with growth deficit is known as the “double burden of malnutrition”. Anthropometry is a simple and...
Dr
Marina Vargas
(Food and Nutrition Research Institute, DOST)
Epidemiology
Poster
The Philippines is among the Southeast Asian countries that continue to suffer from the “double burden of malnutrition,” or the co-existence of under-and-over nutrition among its people. Undernutrition greatly affects Filipino children below five years old while overnutrition was prevalent among adults aged 20 to 59 years.
The Filipino citizenry’s nutritional status is defined through the...
Prof.
Muhammad Ali Dhansay
(South African Medical Research Council)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction: There is evidence that overweight or obesity in women relate to the nutritional status of their offspring such that maternal nutritional status remains an important determinant of child health and nutritional status. South Africa (SA) has an increasing burden of overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age (WRA; 15 – 49 yr), while the prevalence of stunting among...
Azli Baharudin
(Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia), Dr
Jessica Blankenship
(UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office)
Epidemiology
Poster
The double burden of malnutrition among children under five is still one of the major global nutrition problems. Malnutrition is described as the imbalance of nutrients in the body resulting in measurable adverse effects on body composition, function and clinical outcomes. Therefore, a landscape analysis was conducted to explain the trends of malnutrition among children under five years in...
Dr
NGA TRAN THUY
(NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION)
Epidemiology
Poster
Introduction:
Double burden of malnutrition among children is still the issue in public health in many countries as well as in Vietnam. We describe the changes in the prevalence of malnutrition in Vietnamese children based on National Nutrition Surveillance data conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Methods:
National Nutrition Surveillance data which were...
Mrs
Elizabeth Rhodes
(Emory University)
Epidemiology
Poster
To assess the prevalence of the individual-level DBM in Malawian women. To model the associations between 1- overweight, 2- anemia, 3- micronutrient deficiencies, 4-DBM and urban or rural residence. To test whether the prevalence of the DBM would differ from that expected by chance, assuming the conditions were independent.
We analyzed nationally representative data based on a sample of 723...
