Dual burden of malnutrition in Indonesia
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Dual burden of malnutrition in Indonesia
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Running head: DUAL BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION IN INDONESIADual burden of malnutrition in IndonesiaName of the Student:Name of the university:Author Note:
2DUAL BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION IN INDONESIAIntroduction: Nutrition is considered to be one of the basic requirements of human life, without propernourishment the human life will perish in not time. However, the question remains whether allthe sectors of the society are able to avail this basic human right, regardless of the socio-economic status, cultural- racial identity or demographical attributes. The human civilization is atthe peak of innovation, with the technological advancements through the roof, everything is justat the fingertips for the human society. However, in the face of such astounding progress, thereare still nations where the humans are denied the most basic need of all times, nutrition(Roemling & Qaim, 2012). Malnutrition has been one of the very consistent public health and welfare issues, thatcontinues to persist even now; dual burden of nutrition, however, is a completely new concept.Dual burden of Nutrition can be defined as the characteristics phenomenon for a nation wherethere is a conspicuous coexistence of malnutrition along with the issues of overweight andobesity adult diet related non- communicable diseases not just in the personal level with anddifferent individuals but also on a large scale basis among households, and across population forentire nations. The conundrum of contradiction between overweight and underwear has emergedas a learning Public Health issues in the last decade, and according to alphabetical analysisconducted by the World Health Organization in the year of 2014, 2 million adults werediscovered to be overweight, 600 million to be obese while 460 million people were found to beunderweight. Unfortunately, poor nutrition has been considered as the leading causes ofmortality and the children under the age of 5, especially in the low and middle-income countries,that are facing the dual pattern of malnutrition issue 30% faster than the first world developed
3DUAL BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION IN INDONESIAcountries. Therefore, the issue of dual burden of malnutrition requires a sound strategic plan thatcan help the developing nations to provide a proper quality of life to all its citizens. Thisassignment will focus on the dual pattern of malnutrition issue escalating in Indonesia an attemptto provide a strategic recommendation for the nation to follow in order to overcome the situation(Jehn & Brewis, 2009).Etiology and epidemiology: Asia is one of the largest continents that are facing consequences of unequal distribution ofwealth and malnutrition from a long period of time, Indonesia is one of the south east countriesthat is facing the greatest challenge with the double burden of malnutrition. According to a recentreport by the World Health Organisation, 1.2 million individuals of Indonesia are at this pointmalnutrition which contributes to the total percentage of malnutrition in Asia by a large chunk.Although the simultaneous existence of under and over- nutrition within the population of thedeveloping countries that are going through a rapid economic transition and been widelydocumented a clear statistical idea of Indonesia and the double burden of nutrition that it isfacing has not been researched extensively. The policy makers and politicians have effectivelyattempted for the economic group of the nation as well as human resource development,although the country has not yet overcome the challenges of poverty, socio economic differencesand non-communicable diseases successfully (Jaacks, Slining & Popkin, 2015). According to the recent reports despite the economic growth that Indonesia has achieved, thecountry remains available to food insecurity with 87 million people. The recent report by WorldBank group has explored dare to be 8.4 million Indonesian children to be stunted and are livingwith extreme or chronic malnutrition. The data contributes 37.2 % of malnutritioned children
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