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UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
A report compiled from information available to the United Nations agencies of the ACC/SCN
October 1992
Prepared in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C.
Funding support for the preparation of this report is gratefully acknowledged from:
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
International Development Research Center (IDRC,
Canada)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO)
reprinted October 1993 with assistance from the Government of the Netherlands
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UNITED NATIONS - ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION (ACC/SCN)
Highlights
Introduction
Concepts and Indicators
Overview of Trends in Malnutrition
Chapter 2: Regional Trends in Nutrition
Sub-Saharan Africa
Near East and North Africa
South Asia
South East Asia
China
Middle America and Caribbean
South America
Vitamin A Deficiency
Iron Deficiency
Iodine Deficiency Disorders
Deficiencies in Vitamin C, Thiamine and Niacin
Chapter 4: Women’s Nutritional Status
Chapter 5: Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases
Chapter 6: Projections of Malnutrition in Children
Background papers prepared for ACC/SCN used in the Second Report on the World Nutrition Situation