The
Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) is an inclusive
inter-governmental meeting on nutrition jointly organized by the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health organization (WHO). The two
main outcome documents of the conference are the Rome Declaration on Nutrition:
a political commitment document, and the Framework for Action: a technical
guide for implementation.
A
key goal is to achieve coherence between food supply and public health
policies, as they both contribute to food and nutrition security. Participants
will also examine the best ways of scaling up proven interventions for tackling
all forms of malnutrition.
ICN2
will identify public policy priorities at the national and global levels. It
will be the first high-level intergovernmental conference on nutrition since
the first International Conference on Nutrition was organized by FAO and WHO in
1992.
Participants
will include experts from food and agriculture, health and other sectors as
well as United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations,
civil society, researchers, the private sector and consumer associations.
ICN2
is jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization and WHO, in
collaboration with:
- the World Food Programme (WFP)
- the International Fund for
Agriculture Development (IFAD)
- the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
- the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- the World Bank
- the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- the International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI)
- the United Nations Standing
Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
- the UN Secretary-General’s High
Level Task Force on Global Food Security (HLTF).
Nutritional Facts according to Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations:
Malnutrition stops people from achieving their potential
and reduces their productivity. This has negative social and economic
consequences.
200 million fewer people are undernourished today
than 20 years ago, but 805 million people still go to bed hungry every
day–that's 1 in 9 people.
2 billion people–around 1/3 of the developing world
population–suffer from vitamin or mineral (micronutrient) deficiencies.
Micronutrient deficiencies lead to poor growth and
ill health, including blindness, brain damage and early death.
42 million children under 5 are overweight. More than
500 million adults are obese.
Unhealthy diet and lack of exercise account for
almost 10% of global disease and disability burden.
Malnutrition (hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and
obesity) costs an estimated $2.8-3.5 trillion, or 4-5% of global GDP. That's
$400-500 per person.
51 million children under 5 are wasted (low
weight-for-height), 17 million are severely wasted. Wasting increases the risk
of child death from infectious diseases.
99 million children under 5 are underweight (low
weight-for-age) with severe consequences for health and the development of
individuals and society.
161 million children under 5 are stunted (low
height-for-age). Stunting is irreversible, and has severe consequences for
health and development.