Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) released a set of infographics on anaemia, breastfeeding, overweight, low birth weight, wasting and stunting. These are expected to “present ideas on how nutrition effects your health in a clear and concise way.”
Key Messages
Anaemia
Increases risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes
Reduces physical efficacy and work performance
Impairs the quality of life of millions of women
Reduction can help drive progress against other global nutrition targets:
- stunting
- wasting
- breastfeeding
- low birth weight
- childhood overweight
Breastfeeding
Provides babies the perfect nutrition- all they need for physical growth and brain development in the first 6 months of life
Provides protection against:
- respiratory infections
- diarrhoeal diseases and other life-threatening illnesses
- obesity
- non-communicable diseases like asthma & diabetes
Low Birth Weight
Is a major predictor of perinatal morbidity and mortality
Increases the risk of developing non-communicable diseases like diabetes and heart disease in later life
Wasting
Children become wasted when they rapidly lose weight on account of diets that do not meet their nutritional needs
Increases the risk of
childhood deaths due to infectious diseases such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and measles
stunted growth, impaired cognitive development and non-communicable diseases in adulthood
Is linked with other global nutrition targets:
- stunting
- breastfeeding
- low birth weight
- childhood overweight
- anaemia in women
Stunting
Is a largely irreversible outcome of
- inadequate nutrition and
- repeated episodes of infection
during the first 1000 days (about 3 years) of a child’s life
Has several long-term effects including:
- decreased cognitive and physical development
- reduced productive capacity
- poor health
Increases the risk of becoming overweight or obese in later life
Childhood overweight
Is increasing in all regions of the world
Increases the risk of
- obesity
- premature death, disability and non-communicable diseases in adulthood
Children who are overweight or obese are at higher risk of developing serious health problems
Useful Links
Link to the infographic on anaemia (PDF):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/nutrition-anaemia.pdf?ua=1
Link to the infographic on anaemia (JPEG):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/anaemia.JPG?ua=1
Link to the infographic on breastfeeding (PDF):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/breastfeeding.pdf?ua=1
Link to the infographic on breastfeeding (JPEG):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/breastfeeding600.JPG?ua=1
Link to the infographic on wasting (PDF):
Click to access infographic_wasting.pdf
Link to the infographic on stunting (PDF):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/infographic-stunting.pdf?ua=1
Link to the infographic on stunting (JPEG):
http://who.int/mediacentre/infographic/nutrition/infographic-stunting-page-001.jpg?ua=1
Link to the infographic on low birth weight (PDF):
http://who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/infographic_lowbirthweight.pdf?ua=1
Link to the infographic on overweight (PDF):
http://who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/infographic_overweight.pdf?ua=1
Link to Global Nutrition Targets 2025 page:
http://who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/en/
Link to Global Nutrition Targets 2025 posters:
http://who.int/nutrition/topics/nutrition_globaltargets2025/en/
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