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Malnutrition is on the rise and a leading global driver of disease. It affects one in three people in multiple forms, including undernourishment, overweight, mineral deficiencies and excess sugar, salt, fat or cholesterol levels.
The 2016 Global Nutrition Report (GNR), released on June 14 provides an independent and annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition. The report shows that 44 per cent of countries with data available (57 out of 129 countries), experience serious levels of both undernutrition, adult overweight and obesity and that despite good progress in some countries, the world is off track to reduce and reverse the trend.
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