The Sahel and West Africa region is facing a serious food and nutrition security crisis with high rates of acute malnutrition, combined with high rates of malnourishment and over-nourishment - the "triple burden of malnutrition". Poor-quality diets are the root of all forms of malnutrition...

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Main Author:	Bai, Yan (Author)
Other Authors:	Bouscarat, Jill (Contributor), Sokourenko, Kristina (Contributor), Heinrigs, Philipp (Contributor), Zougbédé, Koffi (Contributor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Paris OECD Publishing 2023
Series:	West African Papers no.39
Subjects:	Social Issues/Migration/Health Development
Online Access:	DE-862 DE-863
Summary:	The Sahel and West Africa region is facing a serious food and nutrition security crisis with high rates of acute malnutrition, combined with high rates of malnourishment and over-nourishment - the "triple burden of malnutrition". Poor-quality diets are the root of all forms of malnutrition, as well as common non-communicable diseases, and are responsible for an estimated one in five adult deaths globally. The high cost of food is a key barrier to accessing a healthy diet. Even before the recent global inflation in food prices, West Africa's food prices were 30%-40% higher than other regions in the world of comparable income levels. The paper analyses the costs of healthy diets in 17 countries in the Sahel and West Africa and which food groups drive up costs. The observed high cross-country variability in costs and cost composition points to a need for more targeted and nutrition-sensitive food system policies as well as the need to invest in better food price data and monitoring capacities.
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (34 Seiten) 21 x 28cm.