文档介绍：Double burden of malnutrition in developing countries 205
Dietary changes and their health
implications in the Philippines
. Pedro and . Benavides, Food and Nutrition Research
Institute, and . Barba, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food,
University of the Philippines Los Baños
INTRODUCTION
In recent years, social, economic and demographic developments within the Southeast
Asian region have accelerated to varying degrees. Nutritional status has improved widely
in many countries, with some experiencing a transition in nutrition or the double burden of
undernutrition and overnutrition. This report examines evidence of the dietary changes and
whether or not the Philippines, mon with some of its neighbours in the region, is
facing the double burden of under- and overnutrition.
The population of the Philippines was estimated at million people in 2005,
compared with million in 2000. Growing at an annual percent, the population is
expected to reach million in 2015. The Philippine economy has grown in recent
years, with gross national product (GNP) expanding at an average of percent and
gross domestic product (GDP) at an average of percent from 2001 to 2004 (NEDA,
2005). However, there has been a boom–bust pattern of growth over the 30 years from
1970 to 2000 (Figure 1). The sharp fall in growth of the economy from 1982 to 1984
coincided with political and economic crises. The dip from 1988 to 1990 reflected the
impact of essive political shocks (., coup attempts) and several natural disasters, as
well as an economic slowdown that affected not only the Philippines but also the rest of the
world; the Philippines was not spared the effects of the Asian crisis in 1997 (Templo,
2003).
FIGURE 1
Real GNP/GDP growth, 1970 to 2000
Percent -
GNP GDP
-
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20
70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96