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PROMOTION OF ADEQUATE FOOD
SUPPLY AND PROPER NUTRITION



OLAIDE EDET, RN,PH.D, FWACN.
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR
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PHC: safe water , sanitation, nutrition

, INTRODUCTION
• Globally, 800 million people are undernourished, around 1.9 billion are
overweight/obese, and 2 billion have micronutrient deficiency (Global Panel on
Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, 2016)

• Malnutrition and nutrition–related issues continue to be of public health concern
in Nigeria.

• Manifests itself mainly as under nutrition, over nutrition and micronutrient
deficiencies.

• The close relationship between malnutrition and under-development is not in
doubt.

• Malnutrition remain a key health challenge in developing economies, Nigeria
inclusive

• Nigeria was ranked 38th out of 76 on the 2014 Global Hunger Index (IFPRI, 2014),

• Another report indicated that the absolute number of food-insecure people was
17 million in 2012, and projected to rise to 43 million by 2022 if the situation
remain the same (National policy on food and nutrition in Nigeria , 2016)

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