Nutritional disorders in Africa: The triple burden

• Published in: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 2 - 3
• Main Authors: Labadarios, D., Steyn, N.P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2005; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; Africa - epidemiology; Aged; Aging - physiology; AIDS; Child; Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Developing Countries; Diet; Female; HIV; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Malnutrition; Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology; Nutrition Disorders - etiology; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Requirements; Nutritional Status; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Public health; Womens health; Africa; Brazil; South Africa
• ISSN: 0899-9007; 1873-1244
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.002

Because malnutrition is well documented to adversely affect mental development, scholastic achievement, productivity, morbidity and mortality rates in women and children, and the risk for infection, it is hardly surprising that nutritional status is one of the key millennium development goals [1]. [...]Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be devastated by the epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). [...]HIV/AIDS is expected to claim 10 million southern Africans by 2015 [7].