The many negative impacts of poor diets and nutrition have long been underrated, and yet one in three people worldwide suffers from malnutrition. Poor diets now pose a bigger risk to mortality and morbidity than alcohol, unsafe sex and drug and tobacco use combined. Moreover, malnutrition comes in many different forms, from stunting growth, wasting and vitamin deficiency, to obesity and other diet-related diseases.
Many low- and middle-income countries are now experiencing a ‘triple burden’ of malnutrition, where undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies co-exist with obesity and other diseases related to diets.
