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According to a 2015 study focusing on urban poor settings in Nairobi, 46% of children under five were stunted, while 32% of their mothers were overweight or obese, confirming the existence of a double burden of malnutrition in Kenya. This paradox of coexisting undernutrition and overnutrition represents a significant public health challenge for the country.

In 2022, approximately 890 million adults globally were living with obesity, while 390 million were underweight. This paradox reveals that, yes, obesity is one side of the double burden of malnutrition, a complex public health challenge involving the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition.

According to the World Health Organization, the double burden of malnutrition affects nearly half of all countries, where persistent undernutrition coexists with a growing prevalence of overweight and obesity. A prominent example of an individual level of the double burden illustrates this dual challenge, affecting people from infancy through adulthood.