Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development in Africa

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Authors

  • Babatunde Omilola Public Health, Security and Nutrition Division, The African Development Bank Group, Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire
  • N’doh A. Sanogo Public Health, Security and Nutrition Division, The African Development Bank Group, Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/PHOJ-5-140

Keywords:

summary, malnutrition has an effect on human

Abstract

The term “well-nourished populations” is the opposite of malnu-trition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mal-nutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalance in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. The African continent faces the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) namely child undernutri-tion and adult/child obesity.1 Nutritional disparities and the DBM must be considered from a life course perspective.

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Published

2020-04-30

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Babatunde Omilola, & N’doh A. Sanogo. (2020). Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development in Africa. Public Health - Open Journal, 5(1), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.17140/PHOJ-5-140

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Volume 5 Issue 1 2020

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