The nutrition transition to a stage of high obesity and noncommunicable disease prevalence dominated by ultra‐processed foods is not inevitable

BM Popkin, SW Ng - Obesity Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Nutrition Transition model is presented with the nature and pace of change in
key stages varying by location and subpopulations. At present, all high‐income and many …

Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition and the changing nutrition reality

BM Popkin, C Corvalan, LM Grummer-Strawn - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM), defined as the simultaneous manifestation of both
undernutrition and overweight and obesity, affects most low-income and middle-income …

Towards unified and impactful policies to reduce ultra-processed food consumption and promote healthier eating

BM Popkin, S Barquera, C Corvalan… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The global surges in obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have
created a need for decisive new food policy initiatives. A major concern has been the impact …

[PDF][PDF] Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices: definitions and measurement methods

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices Page 1 Indicators for
assessing infant and young child feeding practices Definitions and measurement methods …

Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

RA Heidkamp, E Piwoz, S Gillespie, EC Keats… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide …

Double-duty actions: seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms

C Hawkes, MT Ruel, L Salm, B Sinclair, F Branca - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate
communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By …

The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition

T Reardon, D Tschirley, LSO Liverpool-Tasie… - Global food security, 2021 - Elsevier
African consumers have purchased increasing amounts of processed food over the past 50
years. The opportunity cost of time of women and men has increased as more of them work …

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: lessons to date and the future of taxation

BM Popkin, SW Ng - PLoS medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We see at least 2 major health-related reasons to focus on SSBs. First, excess sugar
consumption is a major cause of obesity and the increasing risk of type 2 diabetes …

[HTML][HTML] Unhealthy food and beverage consumption in children and risk of overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

EK Rousham, S Goudet, O Markey, P Griffiths… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This WHO-commissioned review contributed to the update of complementary feeding
recommendations, synthesizing evidence on effects of unhealthy food and beverage …

Complementary feeding of infants and young children 6 to 23 months of age

CK Lutter, L Grummer-Strawn, L Rogers - Nutrition Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Complementary feeding, when foods are introduced to complement a milk-based diet,
generally occurs between 6 and 23 months of age. It is a critical period for both physical and …