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CHILD AND MATERNAL NUTRITION · 2014-10-23 · pregnancy complications, impaired cognitive...
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Nutrition education for the whole family is key to ensuring good nutrition Educate mothers, fathers, adolescent girls, and senior women on child feeding Integrate nutrition education into smallholder farming Teach how to select, prepare and consume nutritious food Increase women’s control over resources and income SOUTHERN AFRICA 30% WESTERN AFRICA 34% CENTRAL AFRICA 32% EASTERN AFRICA 41% SOUTHERN ASIA 36% OCEANIA* 38% CENTRAL AMERICA 17% SOUTH EASTERN ASIA 28% 257 MILLION 161 MILLION 1990 2013 The prevalence of stunting in children has declined globally from 40% to 25% Anaemia, resulting from iron deficiency, affects 50% of pregnant women in developing countries Iron deficiency ANAEMIA increases the risk of pregnancy complications, impaired cognitive development and death in children and mothers Pulses Exclusive breastfeeding for infants during the first six months of life followed by the introduction of nutrient-dense complementary foods are essential components of good nutrition Cereals, roots and tubers Fruits and Vegetables Meat, fish and dairy ZINC IRON IODINE FOLATE VITAMIN A Food fortified with essential vitamins and minerals should also be incorporated into diets where food diversity is poor CHILD AND MATERNAL NUTRITION Child undernutrition still imposes the greatest nutrition-related health burden at global level 45% of child deaths are caused by child and maternal malnutrition 99 million children are underweight Developing regions have the highest prevalence of stunting in children under the age of five ©FAO - October 2014 www.fao.org/icn2 161 million children are stunted due to chronic malnutrition In the past two decades, child and maternal malnutrition has declined almost by half Improved diet and health care for women before and during pregnancy and lactation would significantly reduce child undernutrition For children, the first 1 000 days is the most critical period for adequate growth and development 12 months 24 months conception better nutrition, better lives *excluding Australia and New Zealand
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Nutrition education for the whole family is keyto ensuring good nutrition
Educate mothers, fathers, adolescent girls, and senior women on child feeding
Integrate nutrition education into smallholder farming
Teach how to select, prepareand consume nutritious food
Increase women’s controlover resources and income
SOUTHERNAFRICA30%
WESTERNAFRICA34%
CENTRALAFRICA32%
EASTERNAFRICA41%
SOUTHERNASIA36%
OCEANIA*38%
CENTRALAMERICA17%
SOUTHEASTERN ASIA
28%
257MILLION 161
MILLION1990 2013
The prevalence of stunting in children has declined globally from 40% to 25%
Anaemia,resulting from irondeficiency, affects
50%of pregnant womenin developingcountries
Iron deficiency
ANAEMIAincreases the risk of
pregnancy complications,impaired cognitive
development and deathin children and mothers
Pulses
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants during the first six months of life followed by the introduction of nutrient-dense complementary foods are essential components of good nutrition
Cereals, rootsand tubers
Fruits andVegetables
Meat, fishand dairy
ZINC
IRON
IODINE
FOLATEVITAMIN A
Food fortified with essential vitamins and minerals should alsobe incorporated into diets where food diversity is poor
CHILD ANDMATERNALNUTRITION
Child undernutrition still imposes the greatest nutrition-related health burden at global level
45% of child deathsare caused by child and
maternal malnutrition
99 millionchildren areunderweight
Developing regions have the highest prevalence of stunting in children under the age of five
©FAO - October 2014
www.fao.org/icn2
161 millionchildren are stunted
due to chronicmalnutrition
In the past two decades, child and maternal malnutrition has declined almost by half
Improved diet and health care for women before and duringpregnancy and lactation would significantly reduce child undernutrition
For children, the first 1 000 days is the most critical periodfor adequate growth and development
12 months 24 monthsconception
better n
utritio
n,
better l
ives
*excluding Australia and New Zealand
