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Table 1 Countries classified according to development status and malnutrition problems

From: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: new term or new concept?

Continent

Country

Stunting

Micronutrient deficiencies

Obesity

No presumable malnutrition problems

Developing countries

Africa

Burkina Faso

x

x

  
 

Cameroon

x

x

  
 

Lesotho

x

x

  
 

Sierra Leone

x

x

  
 

Swaziland

x

x

x

 

Asia

Armenia

x

x

x

 
 

Malaysia

 

x

  
 

Palestinian Territories

 

x

x

 
 

Philippines

x

x

  
 

Vietnam

x

x

  

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

x

x

 

Industrial countries

Asia

Japan

   

x

 

Singapore

   

x

Europe

Belgium

   

x

 

Finland

   

x

 

France

   

x

 

Italy

   

x

 

Netherlands

   

x

  1. Classification of development status according to DAC [74]. Classification of malnutrition problems according to FAO [2]. Data of Palestinian Territories according to the WHO report at the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly [75]