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Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has experienced remarkable transformation in demographic, health, and nutritional status of the population. The changes have exposed the population to a number of challenges, the detrimental effect of which on health and nutrition is likely to be increased by the coronavirus d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8687095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34668556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab473 |
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author | Fahim, Shah Mohammad Hossain, Md Shabab Sen, Shimul Das, Subhasish Hosssain, Muttaquina Ahmed, Tahmeed Rahman, S M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Khalilur Alam, Shamsul |
author_facet | Fahim, Shah Mohammad Hossain, Md Shabab Sen, Shimul Das, Subhasish Hosssain, Muttaquina Ahmed, Tahmeed Rahman, S M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Khalilur Alam, Shamsul |
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description | BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has experienced remarkable transformation in demographic, health, and nutritional status of the population. The changes have exposed the population to a number of challenges, the detrimental effect of which on health and nutrition is likely to be increased by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We provide an overview of health and nutritional challenges in Bangladesh in relation to demographic transition and the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We identified and reviewed recent reports, published articles, and pertinent gray literature on nutrition and food security in Bangladesh to provide historical and contextual information. RESULTS: The review identifies the progress as well as existing burden regarding nutrition and food security in Bangladesh and highlights the challenges in the coming days in regard to population growth and the COVID-19 pandemic. The country is on track to reduce all forms of childhood undernutrition, while the proportion of nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases is rising owing to changes in dietary intake, low physical activity, and sedentary lifestyle. CONCLUSIONS: Despite remarkable progress, health and nutritional status of the population in Bangladesh faces challenges, particularly in relation to demographic transition and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which require concerted attention from policymakers as well as stakeholders. |
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spelling | pubmed-86870952021-12-21 Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fahim, Shah Mohammad Hossain, Md Shabab Sen, Shimul Das, Subhasish Hosssain, Muttaquina Ahmed, Tahmeed Rahman, S M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Khalilur Alam, Shamsul J Infect Dis Enteric Diseases and Nutritional Disorders: Persisting Challenges for LMICs BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has experienced remarkable transformation in demographic, health, and nutritional status of the population. The changes have exposed the population to a number of challenges, the detrimental effect of which on health and nutrition is likely to be increased by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We provide an overview of health and nutritional challenges in Bangladesh in relation to demographic transition and the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We identified and reviewed recent reports, published articles, and pertinent gray literature on nutrition and food security in Bangladesh to provide historical and contextual information. RESULTS: The review identifies the progress as well as existing burden regarding nutrition and food security in Bangladesh and highlights the challenges in the coming days in regard to population growth and the COVID-19 pandemic. The country is on track to reduce all forms of childhood undernutrition, while the proportion of nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases is rising owing to changes in dietary intake, low physical activity, and sedentary lifestyle. CONCLUSIONS: Despite remarkable progress, health and nutritional status of the population in Bangladesh faces challenges, particularly in relation to demographic transition and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which require concerted attention from policymakers as well as stakeholders. Oxford University Press 2021-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8687095/ /pubmed/34668556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab473 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Enteric Diseases and Nutritional Disorders: Persisting Challenges for LMICs Fahim, Shah Mohammad Hossain, Md Shabab Sen, Shimul Das, Subhasish Hosssain, Muttaquina Ahmed, Tahmeed Rahman, S M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Khalilur Alam, Shamsul Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Nutrition and Food Security in Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | nutrition and food security in bangladesh: achievements, challenges, and impact of the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Enteric Diseases and Nutritional Disorders: Persisting Challenges for LMICs |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8687095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34668556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab473 |
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