Women are more vulnerable to malnutrition than men because of different physiological requirements. Although women require 35 per cent less dietary energy per day than men, they need at least the same amount of nutrients. Consequently, a woman's ideal diet contains significantly more nutrients than those of a male counterpart.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Food & Nutrition
Health
Personas afectadas
Men
Women
Año
2016
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/282, para. 10.