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SCN News No 33 - Diet-related Chronic Diseases and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in West Africa

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 2006

Available in : English

This issue of the SCN News features the papers presented at the Nutrition Forum meeting in Cape Verde. This is the results of a new collaborative arrangement between the SCN and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) of the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS). The Nutrition Forum of ECOWAS brings together the nutrition focal points of the countries in ECOWAS for a biannual gathering, and is supported by a partners group of international agencies active in the region.

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Themes: Breastfeeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Emergency, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Nutrition training and capacity development, general, Overnutrition, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Civil and political rights, Diet related chronic disease, Dietary diversity, Double burden of malnutrition, Double burden of malnutrition, Energy dense nutrient low diet, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food chain, food production and processing, Growth standards, Indigenous people, Labelling, Marketing of unhealthy food, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Nutrition transition, Nutrition transition, Obesity and overweight, Poverty, Programmes, Scaling-up, Scaling-up, Stunting, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Training programs / courses, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Underweight, Wasting, Women and girls