4th Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle: APPENDICES: Appendix 8: Prevalence and Numbers of Overweight Preschool Children in 1995

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	4th Report on the World Nutrition Situation - Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle (SCN; 2000; 138 pages)
		ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION/SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION - (ACC/SCN) THE UN SYSTEM’S FORUM FOR NUTRITION
		INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
		FOREWORD
		HIGHLIGHTS
		CONTRIBUTORS
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
		PREFACE
		CHAPTER 1: NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE
			1.1 Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR)
			1.2 Undernutrition in Preschool Children
			1.3 The Growth of School-Age Children
			1.4 Adolescent Nutrition
			1.5 Adult Malnutrition
			1.6 Nutrition of Older People in Developing Countries
			Summary
		CHAPTER 2: MICRONUTRIENT UPDATE
			2.1 Iron Deficiency Update
			2.2 Iodine Deficiency Disorders Update
			2.3 Vitamin A Deficiency Update
			2.4 Multiple Micronutrient Deficiencies
			Summary
		CHAPTER 3: BREASTFEEDING AND COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
			3.1 Evidence Linking Breastfeeding to Improved Outcomes
			3.2 Evidence Linking Complementary Feeding to Improved Outcomes
			3.3 Conceptualizing Infant Feeding Behaviours
			3.4 HIV and Infant Feeding
			3.5 Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Patterns and Trends
			3.6 Role of National and International Initiatives in Support of Optimal Infant Feeding
			3.7 Looking Forward: The Importance of Exclusive Breastfeeding
		CHAPTER 4: NUTRITION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
			4.1 The Relevance of Nutrition for Development
			4.2 The Implications of Some Global Phenomena for Nutrition
			4.3 The Ascent of Human Rights in Development
			Summary
		CHAPTER 5: NUTRITION OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS
			5.1 Trends in Numbers of People Affected
			5.2 Overview of the Humanitarian Response to Emergencies
			5.3 Trends in Assessment Methodologies
			5.4 Trends in Food and Nutrition Response Programmes
			5.5 Trends in Information Sharing and Learning
			5.6 Case Studies: The Scale and Severity of Nutritional Problems among Refugees and Displaced Populations
			5.7 Future Directions
			Summary
		APPENDICES
			Appendix 1: Conceptualizing Nutrition Problems in Society
			Appendix 2: Countries in the UN Regions and Sub-Regions
			Appendix 3: Methods to Estimate Trends in Undernutrition Prevalence: A Review
			Appendix 4: Statistical Notes for Sections 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
			Appendix 5: Latest National Prevalence of Stunting and Underweight in Preschool Children
			Appendix 6: Explaining Trends in Child Underweight in the Developing World
			Appendix 7: Data Employed for Analysis of Child Underweight Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa
			Appendix 8: Prevalence and Numbers of Overweight Preschool Children in 1995
			Appendix 9: Countries Classified by WHO Regions
			Appendix 10: National Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
			Appendix 11: Summary of Five Studies of the Social Impacts of the Indonesian Crisis
			Appendix 12: Some Food and Nutrition Information and Data Resources on the Internet
		REFERENCES
		BACK COVER

Appendix 8: Prevalence and Numbers of Overweight Preschool Children in 1995

		Overweight (> +2 SD weight-for-height)
UN regions and sub-regions		Countries^a (number/total)	Population coverage (%)	%	Numbers affected (000s)
Africa		30/53	70.9	n/a	n/a
	Eastern Africa	13/17	68.0	n/a	n/a
	Middle Africa	2/9	20.7	n/a	n/a
	Northern Africa	4/6	77.2	8.1	1,645
	Southern Africa	2/5	88.2	6.5	375
	Western Africa	9/16	90.7	2.6	888
Asia		26/46	92.4	2.9	10,643
	Eastern Asia	2/4	94.4	4.3	4,719
	South Central Asia	11/14	98.9	2.1	3,719
	South-Eastern Asia	4/10	82.5	2.4	1,327
	Western Asia	9/18	54.8	n/a	n/a
Latin America and the Caribbean		19/33	94.1	4.4	2,429
	Caribbean	4/13	64.8	n/a	n/a
	Central America	6/8	97.9	3.5	564
	South America	9/12	95.5	4.9	1,729
Developing countries		78/147	87.8	3.3	17,561

Source: 1.
Note: n/a = not available.

^a Number of countries that have national surveys out of the total number of countries for each sub-region.

REFERENCE

1. WHO (2000) Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: Forecast of Trends. Document WHO/NHD/00.3. Geneva: WHO.

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