Poor dietary quality is Nigeria’s key nutrition problem

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierOlivier Ecker: 0000-0001-7549-2511
cg.creator.identifierAndrew Comstock: 0000-0003-1330-8613
cg.creator.identifierKwaw Andam: 0000-0002-4138-1693
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133738
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nigeria Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number119
cg.placeEast Lansing, MI
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorEcker, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorComstock, Andrew R.
dc.contributor.authorBabatunde, Raphael O.
dc.contributor.authorAndam, Kwaw S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:12:48Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:12:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143262
dc.titlePoor dietary quality is Nigeria’s key nutrition problemen
dcterms.abstractNigeria faces a growing triple burden of malnutrition. First, chronic childhood undernutrition remains stubbornly high. Nationwide, 36.8% of children under five years were estimated to be stunted in 2018—only slightly down from 40.8% in 2008. This corresponds to an annual average decline of less than 0.4 percentage points over the last decade and was almost exclusively due to a reduction in the prevalence of child stunting in urban areas (Table 1). Second, micronutrient malnutrition, including iron deficiency anemia, is extremely widespread among young children and women of reproductive age. While the prevalence rate of anemia among children under five years slightly declined in rural areas between 2010 and 2018, it substantially increased in urban areas. Third, overweight and obesity among adults has been rising rapidly in both urban and rural areas. Over the last decade, the national prevalence rates of overweight and obesity (the extreme form of overnutrition) among nonpregnant women 15 to 49 years of age increased faster than the rate of child stunting decreased, driving the growth of the triple burden. Obesity significantly increases the risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (like heart attack and stroke), and hypertension. The root cause of all forms of malnutrition is poor dietary quality, while poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions aggravate malnutrition.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEcker, Olivier; Comstock, Andrew; Babatunde, Raphael O.; and Andam, Kwaw S. 2020. Poor dietary quality is Nigeria’s key nutrition problem. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 119. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133738en
dcterms.extent6 p.
dcterms.isPartOfFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefen
dcterms.issued2020-04-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMichigan State University
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133738
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectdiet qualityen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen
dcterms.subjectseasonalityen
dcterms.typeBrief

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