GENEVA - Researchers in El Salvador have found that undernutrition and obesity cost the country 10 per cent of its economic output.
In the first of a series of studies into countries in the region to highlight the cost of poor nutrition, the World Food Programme and partners said that in 2017, this “double burden” amounted to $2.5 billion.
Most of this came from lost productivity, while one-third was linked to extra healthcare costs, the agency said, highlighting that that many families often experience malnutrition and obesity at the same time.
According to the study, one-in-six children in the central American country are chronically undernourished and six in 10 adults are overweight or obese.
El Salvador’s ‘double burden’ of malnutrition and obesity is equivalent to 10 per cent of GDP – WFP
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