China 's dual burden of malnutrition ; under - nutrition and over - nutrition ( due to the overweight and obesity ) , is placing an enormous burden on its public health system and has wider negative impacts on productivity , leading to higher business costs and ultimately , hampering economic growth . Despite halving the number , around 158 million people in China are undernourished , meanwhile it has the second highest number of obese people in the world . The authors of this article examine ways of attracting new sources of capital to tackle the enormity of the problem . These include : how to offer a volume guarantees to ensure purchases of nutrition products at a sufficient quantity and quality to encourage growth in production ; a nutrition - focused investment fund that could help spur investment into nutrition projects ; and appealing to foundations and philanthropists .
China's dual burden of malnutrition; under-nutrition and over-nutrition (relating to the overweight and obesity), is placing an enormous burden on its public health system and has wider negative impacts on productivity, leading to higher business costs and ultimately, hampering economic growth. Despite halving the number, around 158 million people in China are undernourished, meanwhile it has the second highest number of obese people in the world. The authors of this article examine ways of attracting new forms of capital to tackle the enormity of the problem. These include: donors to offer a volume guarantees to ensure purchases of nutrition products at a predetermined quantity and price to encourage investment in production; a nutrition-focused investment fund that could help drive investment into nutrition projects; and appealing to foundations and philanthropists.