• Prezentare generală
  • Prevalența obezității
  • Clasificarea populației
  • Conducători auto
  • Comorbidități
  • Politici (disponibile numai în limba engleză)
  • Contextual factors
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Prevalența obezității

Infants, 2017

Vârstă:0-5
Dimensiunea eșantionului:2270
Bibliografie:MICS: DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Infants, 2009

Vârstă:0-5
Dimensiunea eșantionului:2172
Bibliografie:MICS: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 (MICS4). Final Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: CBS and UNICEF, 2010.
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Fete, 2002

Vârstă:0-5
Dimensiunea eșantionului:5223
Bibliografie:NNS: Nutrition assessment 2002 D.P.R. Korea. Pyongyang: Government of D.P.R. Korea, United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme, 2003
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Infants, 2002

Vârstă:0-5
Dimensiunea eșantionului:5222
Bibliografie:NNS: Nutrition assessment 2002 D.P.R. Korea. Pyongyang: Government of D.P.R. Korea, United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme, 2003
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Exces de greutate/obezitate în funcție de educație

Infants, 2017

Dimensiunea eșantionului:2270
Bibliografie:MICS: DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Infants, 2009

Dimensiunea eșantionului:2172
Bibliografie:MICS: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 (MICS4). Final Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: CBS and UNICEF, 2010.
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Exces de greutate/obezitate în funcție de regiune

Infants, 2017

Dimensiunea eșantionului:2270
Bibliografie:MICS: DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Infants, 2009

Dimensiunea eșantionului:2172
Bibliografie:MICS: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 (MICS4). Final Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: CBS and UNICEF, 2010.
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Infants, 2002

Dimensiunea eșantionului:5222
Bibliografie:NNS: Nutrition assessment 2002 D.P.R. Korea. Pyongyang: Government of D.P.R. Korea, United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme, 2003
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):=>+2SD

Estimated per capita fruit intake

Adulți, 2017

Tip de studiu:Măsurat
Vârstă:25+
Bibliografie:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Estimated per-capita fruit intake (g/day)

Consum estimat de carne procesată pe cap de locuitor

Adulți, 2017

Tip de studiu:Măsurat
Vârstă:25+
Bibliografie:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Estimated per-capita processed meat intake (g per day)

Estimated per capita whole grains intake

Adulți, 2017

Tip de studiu:Măsurat
Vârstă:25+
Bibliografie:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Estimated per-capita whole grains intake (g/day)

Sănătate mintală - tulburări depresive

Adulți, 2015

Bibliografie:Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):% of population with depression disorders

Sănătate mintală - tulburări de anxietate

Adulți, 2015

Bibliografie:Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):% of population with anxiety disorders

% sugari hrăniți exclusiv la sân 0-5 luni

Infants, 2015-2022

Bibliografie:DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
Note (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Full details are available. Original citation United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2023). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Infant and Young Child Feeding: Exclusive breastfeeding, New York, October 2023.

Cancer esofagian

Bărbați, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Indicence per 100,000

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Indicence per 100,000

Bărbați, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancer mamar

Femei, 2022

Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Cancer colorectal

Bărbați, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Bărbați, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancer pancreatic

Bărbați, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Bărbați, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancerul vezicii biliare

Bărbați, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Indicence per 100,000

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Indicence per 100,000

Bărbați, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancer renal

Bărbați, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Bărbați, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancer uterin

Femei, 2022

Vârstă:20+
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24]
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Incidence per 100,000

Femei, 2020-2022

Vârstă:20+
Zona acoperită:Național
Bibliografie:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2203
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Tensiune arterială ridicată

Adulți, 2015

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Bărbați, 2015

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Femei, 2015

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Colesterol mare

Adulți, 2008

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Bărbați, 2008

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Femei, 2008

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Glicemie mare în condiții de repaus alimentar

Bărbați, 2014

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

Femei, 2014

Bibliografie:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

Prevalența diabetului

Adulți, 2019

Vârstă:20-79
Bibliografie:Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 9th edn. Brussels,Belgium: 2019. Available at: https://www.diabetesatlas.org
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%).

Adulți, 2017

Bibliografie:Reproduced with kind permission of IDF, International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 8th edition. Brussels, Belgium: International Diabetes Federation, 2017. http://www.diabetesatlas.org
Definiții (disponibile numai în limba engleză):Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%).

Policies, Interventions and Actions

NCD Country Profiles 2018 (Obesity Targets)

The profiles also provide data on the key metabolic risk factors, namely raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose and obesity and National Targets on Obesity (as of 2017)

Categories:Evidence of Obesity Target
Year(s):2017 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adulți și copii
Organisation:World Health Organisation
References:Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2018. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling

This programme was reported by countries for the 2nd WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 module on actions related to infant and young child nutrition. Information provided by WHO GINA Programme.

Categories:Evidence of Breastfeeding promotion or related activity
Year(s):2016 (ongoing)
Target age group:Copii
Find out more:extranet.who.int
References:Information provided with kind permission of WHO Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA): https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en Please note the GINA website has been replaced by the GIFNA database and the GINA link will no longer work. You will find this document by searching this new database: https://gifna.who.int/

Strategy for the prevention and control of Non Communicable Diseases in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Provided by the WHO GINA website

Categories:Evidence of NCD strategy
Year(s):2014-2020
Target age group:Adulți și copii
Organisation:Ministry of Health
Find out more:extranet.who.int

No actions could be found for the above criteria.

Contextual factors

Disclaimer: These contextual factors should be interpreted with care. Results are updated as regularly as possible and use very specific criteria. The criteria used and full definitions are available for download at the bottom of this page.

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Labelling

Is there mandatory nutrition labelling?Absent
Front-of-package labelling?Absent
Back-of-pack nutrition declaration?Absent
Color coding?Absent
Warning label?Absent

Regulation and marketing

Are there fiscal policies on unhealthy products?Absent
Tax on unhealthy foods?Absent
Tax on unhealthy drinks?Absent
Are there fiscal policies on healthy products?Absent
Subsidy on fruits?Absent
Subsidy on vegetables?Absent
Subsidy on other healthy products?Absent
Mandatory limit or ban of trans fat (all settings)?Absent
Mandatory limit of trans fats in place (all settings)? Absent
Ban on trans-fats or phos in place (all settings)? Absent
Are there any mandatory policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children?Absent
Mandatory restriction on broadcast media?Absent
Mandatory restriction on non-broadcast media?Absent
Voluntary policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children?Absent
Are there mandatory standards for food in schools?Absent
Are there any mandatory nutrient limits in any manufactured food products?Absent
Nutrition standards for public sector procurement?Absent

Political will and support

National obesity strategy or nutrition and physical activity national strategy?Absent
National obesity strategy?Absent
National childhood obesity strategy?Absent
Comprehensive nutrition strategy?Absent
Comprehensive physical activity strategy?Absent
Evidence-based dietary guidelines and/or RDAs?Absent
National target(s) on reducing obesity?Present
Guidelines/policy on obesity treatment?Absent
Promotion of breastfeeding?Present

Monitoring and surveillance

Monitoring of the prevalence and incidence for the main obesity-related NCDs and risk factors?Absent
Within 5 years?Absent

Governance and resource

Multi-sectoral national co-ordination mechanism for obesity or nutrition (including obesity)?Absent

Key

Present
Present (voluntary)
Incoming
Absent
Unknown

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