A focus on inequity in nutrition is particularly important as new forms of malnutrition (such as obesity) combine with old (such as undernutrition or micronutrient deficiencies) in many places and form the basis of vulnerability to illness, disease, further forms of poverty. But, in a vicious cycle, those who are likely to be malnourished are those who are the most marginalised and vulnerable in the first place. This is especially pertinent as we face the Covid-19 crisis, which seems to be hitting the poorest and those with obesity and related NCDs hardest and in some countries, including the UK, these inequalities appear to be divided along lines of ethnicity, suggesting broader inequities at play.
In framing nutrition equity we follow the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health: Inequity highlights preventable disease as unfair, and differences in nutrition outcomes as the result of poor political and policy choices that could have been avoided through reasonable action.
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