Obesity and under-nutrition prevalent in long-term refugees living in camps
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 17:12
in Health & Medicine
A quarter of households in refugee camps in Algeria are currently suffering from the double burden of excess weight and under-nutrition. According to a new study, obesity is an emerging threat to this community, with one in two women of childbearing age being overweight, whilst nutritional deficiencies such as iron-deficiency anemia and stunted growth remain a persistent problem.