iYouLead
INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FOOD AND NUTRITION LEADERSHIP (iYouLead)
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
“Strengthening Youth Capacity for Future Global Leadership
on Nutrition, Food and Health “
Bogor, Bandung, Jakarta and Yogyakarta of Indonesia
August, 11th-17th 2014
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1. BACKGROUND
The challenges facing by the global community today are not just problems of under nutrition but also overnutrition, which is called double burden of nutrition. This problems are not merely among the lower socio-economic group but also among the upper middle socio-economic group. According to WHO (2011), 26%, 16% and 7% of children under 5 years suffered from stunting, underweight and obesity respectively. They are mostly live in Asian and African countries. While in American and European countries the prevalence of overweight and obesity is more than 50%, which was double during the last decade. A similar figure also among the high income group. This double burden of nutrition will effect on increasing risk of both non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and infectious diseases, and lower productivity and quality of life....