Thailand to join International Nutrition Conference in Rome

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Thailand to join International Nutrition Conference in Rome
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BANGKOK, Nov 18 -- Thai Minister of Public Health Dr Rajata Rajatanavin will attend the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in Rome, Italy.

Aimed at solving the problem of undernutrition among children, the conference is in response to statistics showing that children under 3 years of age are dying at a rate of over 20 million annually.

The public health minister and his entourage are expecting to join the ICN2: Better Nutrition for Better Lives opening tomorrow in Rome and ending on Friday.

Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the conference will be attended by national ministers and high ranking officials, as well as nutrition experts from around the globe.

The conference goal is to create a consensus and framework on how to address nutrition challenges in the 21st century to complete the United Nation's goals for nutrition achievements by the end of 2025.

The minister said the conference will focus on solving the nutrition problems among women, mothers and their children, as well as young children, particularly in underdeveloped countries.

As for Thailand's part, the minister said the country is ready to exchange experiences on the world stage and help set up new strategies with the international community under the Rome Declaration on Nutrition to handle world nutrition issues. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-11-18

[uel1968]

I notice people in Thailand are becoming more obese in recent years,soon be overtaking the Americans if the trend keeps up,cut the sugar intake,Thai fizzy drinks for example,horrendous amounts of sugar.

[canopus1969]

Does not look very happy - maybe he does not like pasta

[glasswort]

Just another jolly for a minister. How many in his entourage? Hopefully, though, he will return with a solution to the question of obesity which is increasing rapidly in Thai children. Too much sugar, sodas, burgers and what have you.

[fobuff]

Well another conference for The Great Leader to attend and meet the other ones from Burma and Malaisia

[Chris Lawrence]

Less sugar and salt.

[rickirs]

"... children under 3 years of age are dying at a rate of over 20 million annually."

How odd.

The WHO organization Global Health Observatory reported for 2013 that 6.3 million children under age five died in 2013. A sad statistic but nothing on the order of 20 million annually. http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/mortality_under_five/en/

Thailand ranks third after Singapore and Malaysia with the lowest under-five child mortality rate (1990-2013) in Southeast Asia. It is tied with China for under-five child mortality rate.

[rickirs]

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I notice people in Thailand are becoming more obese in recent years,soon be overtaking the Americans if the trend keeps up,cut the sugar intake,Thai fizzy drinks for example,horrendous amounts of sugar.

The Minstry of Public Health predicts that in 2015 Thailand will have 21 million with an obese "fat tummy" compared to 10 million in 2005.