Timeline of malnutrition

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This is a timeline of malnutrition.

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Year Category Event type Details Country/location
1847 British Relief Association United Kingdom (London)
1921 Overnutrition "The first fast-food hamburger chain, White Castle, was founded in Wichita, Kansas".[1]
1946 Freedom from Hunger
1955 Overnutrition "Ray Kroc founded the first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois and would go on to become the most influential fast-food pioneer in history. By 1958, Kroc had sold his 100 millionth hamburger."[1]
1961 World Food Programme
1967 Overnutrition "High fructose corn syrup was first introduced by The Food and Drug Administration and appeared in fast food. This new substance was primarily used in soft drinks and to sweeten processed food items."[1]
1969 "A White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health was organized by President Richard Nixon to draw attention to widespread malnutrition and the nutritional problems of Americans. The conference goal was to compose a national nutrition policy and determine how to make it effective."[1]
1973 "The Food and Drug Administration created the first regulations that required the nutrition labeling of foods. These regulations made any foods that were advertised or labeled based on their nutritional value to provide full nutrition facts."[1]
1974 World Food Council
1974 Food for Life Global
1974 Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition Italy (Rome)
1975 WhyHunger
1977 Organization The Hunger Project
1979 Organization Action Against Hunger
1982 Overnutrition Organization The Obesity Society
1985 Project Open Hand
1989 Overnutrition "Wendy’s first introduced their $0.99 Super Value Menu, which consisted of several popular items for a bargain. "[1]
1990 "There were 795 million undernourished people in the world in 2014, a decrease of 216 million since 1990"[2]
1992 Food Donation Connection
1992 Nutrition International
2000 Overnutrition National Obesity Forum
2002 Overnutrition "A group of overweight children sued the McDonald’s Corporation for obesity related health problems because of their consumption of McDonald’s products. The children wanted more accessible nutritional labeling of products and appropriate funding for programs to educate consumers about the risks of fast food. "[1]
2002 The United Nations Special Session on Children sets a goal of the elimination of vitamin A deficiency by 2010.[3]
2002 Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
2003 Nutrition and Education International
2004 " Morgan Spurlock’s controversial documentary Super Size Me debuted. Spurlock ate a diet consisting of only McDonald’s for 30 days as he explored the fast food industry and major health risks. McDonald’s later took their “Super Size” option off their menu because of the repercussions from the film."[1]
2006 Overnutrition "Wendy’s enhanced the size and names of their drinks to keep up with the demand for soda from their consumers. They changed the name of their 32-ounce soda “biggie” to medium, added large 42-ounce soda, changed medium French fries to small, “biggie” to medium, and “great biggie” to large."[1]
2006 Global Hunger Index
2007 World Hunger Relief
2007 Overnutrition Organization National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity United States
2008 The World Health Organization estimates that globally, half of all cases of undernutrition in children under five are caused by unsafe water, inadequate sanitation or insufficient hygiene.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
2011 Overnutrition EPODE International Network
2012 National Crusade Against Hunger (Mexico) Mexico
2013 Overnutrition "Wendy’s enhanced the size and names of their drinks to keep up with the demand for soda from their consumers. They changed the name of their 32-ounce soda “biggie” to medium, added large 42-ounce soda, changed medium French fries to small, “biggie” to medium, and “great biggie” to large."[1]
2013 Undernutrition An estimated 165 million children are estimated to have stunted growth from malnutrition in the year.[4]
2014 "There were 795 million undernourished people in the world in 2014, a decrease of 216 million since 1990"[2]
2014 ShareTheMeal
2014 Overnutrition Global Energy Balance Network United States
2014 No Food Waste
2015 Fight Hunger
2017 "The United Nations estimated that there were 821 million undernourished people in the world in 2017"
2018 Undernutrition There were 821 million undernourished people in the world in the year (10.8% of the total population).[5]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic". blogs.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The State of Food Insecurity in the World" (PDF). fao.org. Retrieved 9 December 2019. 
  3. "In Preventing Vitamin A Deficiency, a Little Friendly Bacteria Might Go a Long Way". Rutgers Today. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 9 December 2019. 
  4. Bhutta, ZA; Das, JK; Rizvi, A; Gaffey, MF; Walker, N; Horton, S; Webb, P; Lartey, A; Black, RE; Lancet Nutrition Interventions Review, Group; Maternal and Child Nutrition Study, Group (Aug 3, 2013). "Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?". Lancet. 382 (9890): 452–77. PMID 23746776. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60996-4. 
  5. "The state of food security and nutrition in the world (2019)" (PDF). FAO. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.