-communicable diseases, including diabetes, heart diseases and certain cancers. Given the still prevailing rates of under-nutrition, affected …Many low income countries are experiencing a “nutrition transition” towards the consumption of more energy … consequences of the nutrition transition have been expanding waistlines and surging rates of nutrition-related non …

We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that … the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight … regressions show that the nutrition transition reduces child underweight, while no consistent effect on child overweight is found …

against undernutrition will be tracked by using this new standard. The use of the new reference standard will result in clear … changes in the prevalence and composition of undernutrition. This paper argues that this opportunity should be used to use … wrong conclusions concerning the fulllment of the undernutrition aspect of MDG I. …