Editing Human nutrition (section)

=== Industrialized countries ===
According to [[UNICEF]], the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] has the lowest rates of [[stunted growth|stunting]] and [[wasting]], at 14 percent and 3 percent.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> The nations of Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania and Sweden have the lowest prevalence of low [[birthweight]] children in the world- at 4%.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> Proper prenatal nutrition is responsible for this small prevalence of low birthweight infants.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> However, low birthweight rates are increasing, due to the use of [[fertility drugs]], resulting in multiple births, women bearing children at an older age, and the advancement of technology allowing more pre-term infants to survive.<ref name="Progress for Children" /> Industrialized nations more often face malnutrition in the form of over-nutrition from excess calories and non-nutritious carbohydrates, which has contributed greatly to the public health epidemic of obesity.<ref name="P4C48" /> Disparities, according to gender, geographic location and socio-economic position, both within and between countries, represent the biggest threat to child nutrition in industrialized countries. These disparities are a direct product of social inequalities and [[social inequalities]] are rising throughout the industrialized world, particularly in Europe.<ref name="Progress for Children" />