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Archives of Disease in Childhood 2008;93:361-362; doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132589
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Need to address all forms of childhood malnutrition with a common agenda

Camila Corvalan1,2, Alan D Dangour3, Ricardo Uauy3,4

1 Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
2 School of Public Health, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
3 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
4 Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Correspondence to:
Ricardo Uauy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK and Institute of Nutrition (INTA) University of Chile Santiago Chile, Keppel Street, London

Accepted for publication 13 November 2007

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Over the past 20 years, low- and middle-income countries have experienced progressive urbanisation and a shift from predominantly plant-based low-energy-density diets and high levels of physical activity to increased consumption of energy-dense processed food (high in fat and sugars) and animal-food products, with increased levels of inactivity during work and leisure.1 The not-unexpected yet remarkable consequence of this process has been the unprecedented rise in the prevalence of obesity, which is now reaching epidemic proportions globally. Among countries undergoing such a transition, the epidemic first affected urban middle-aged women, later extending to adolescents and children of low socioeconomic income groups.2–4 Using International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) criteria, it is estimated that by 2010 almost 50% of school-aged children in the Americas, 40% of children in the Eastern Mediterranean region (including Pakistan), 33% of children in the Western Pacific region and 20% of children in South East Asia will be overweight.5

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