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Presentation for
Food Vision Asia
29 April 2016, Singapore
Presenter
Regina Moench-Pfanner, PhD
ibn360 Pte Ltd, Singapore
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CORE MESSAGES
Source: Asian Development Bank (2013). Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA HEALTH NUTRITION STATISTICS
34% of children under 5 years stunted (too short for their age)
27% of under 5’s weigh too little for their age (underweight)
13% of under 5’s are wasted (i.e. rapid weight loss due to illness/lack of food)
Women
54
48.6
39.7 38.4 38.2 37.4
32.5 30.9 30.6
27.2
20.7
17.6
Men
44.3 43.8
36.9
33.8 33 32.1
28.9 28.3 27.9 26.8
21.4 19.5
Source: The Lancet. Global Burden of Disease, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013”
PREVALENCE OF DIABETES AT A GLANCE
SEA SEA:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri
Lanka
10
0
1950 1970 2011 2030 2050
RURAL URBAN
Own Production Unprocessed Own Production Unprocessed
Low Processed High Processed Low Processed High Processed
46%
41% 47% 52%
38%
54%
22% 7%
17%
16%
26%
28%
19% 19% 10%
12%
4% 4%
BANGLADESH INDONESIA VIETNAM BANGLADESH INDONESIA VIETNAM
Source: Reardon et al., 2014, Urbanization, Diet Change, and Transformation of Food Supply Chains in Asia
CRITERIA USED TO DEFINE LEVELS OF
FOOD PROCESSING
• Any item with 2-3 of the above variables meeting the high processed category is categorized as
“Processed high”
• Any item with 0-1 of the variables meeting high processed category is categorized as
“Processed low”.
Source: Reardon et al., 2014, Urbanization, Diet Change, and Transformation of Food Supply Chains in Asia
POTATO – UNPROCESSED
POTATO PROCESSED AT HOME
HIGH PROCESSED FOOD –
FRENCH FRIES, POTATO CHIPS,
INSTANT MASHED POTATOES
HIGH PROCESSED FOODS –
SAUSAGES OR INSTANT NOODLES
FROM LOW TO ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD
PROCESSED FOODS – BRIEF HISTORY
• Industrialization:
efficient formulation
mass manufacture
distribution and sale of processed
foods
1 Billion
>$60/day
Changing
3 Billion food
$1-10/day consumption,
under-served, Base of
$5 Trillion
informal Pyramid
economy, (BoP)
inefficient and
1 Billion little
<$1/day competition
Humanitarian
BOP SPENDS US$ 2.3 TRILLION A YEAR ON
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Food Fortification
Addressing wide-spread deficiencies in vitamins and minerals
by enriching commonly consumed and accessible staple foods
in a cost efficient way
https://www.wfp.org/nutrition/special-nutritional-products
CIRCLE OF KEY PLAYERS AND TASKS IN
NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT VALUE CHAIN
Innovation
Labelling Social marketing
Enforcement Financial
Regulations sustainability
Incentives
Education
Consensus
to provide
nutritious
Holding
industry & foods
government
accountable
Education
Nutrition awareness
Participation
Research
Knowledge
Advocacy
MULTISECTORAL COLLABORATIONS BEYOND
NUTRITION ARE NEEDED TO FIX NUTRITION
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