SHAPE Asia – Shaping Healthy Food Environments Across Asia

Country Profiles

SHAPE Asia Countries

Discover the five SHAPE Asia partner countries and explore regional efforts to strengthen healthier, more equitable, and sustainable food systems across Asia.

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Thailand

Thailand is an upper-middle-income country with about 66.1 million people and one of the fastest-ageing populations in Southeast Asia. At the same time, it faces a persistent double burden of malnutrition shaped by undernutrition, rising overweight and obesity, food insecurity, and rapid shifts in the food environment linked to urbanization and modern retail expansion.

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Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelagic nation with over 114 million people and one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies. At the same time, it faces a persistent double burden of malnutrition shaped by undernutrition, rising overweight and obesity, food insecurity, and rapid shifts in the food environment.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island nation in South Asia with approximately 22 million people. The country is navigating a complex nutrition situation shaped by a long economic crisis, persistent undernutrition, and a growing burden of obesity and diet-related disease.

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Indonesia

Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous nation, with more than 278 million people across over 17,000 islands and more than 300 ethnic groups. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy, it has made major progress in poverty reduction and maternal-child health, but continues to face a triple burden of malnutrition shaped by undernutrition, rising overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is an upper-middle-income country in Southeast Asia with a population of 34.1 million. Rapid urbanization has supported socio-economic growth and lifestyle modernization, but the country continues to face a persistent double burden of malnutrition, rising overweight and obesity, food insecurity, and increasing noncommunicable diseases linked to poor dietary patterns and sedentary behaviours.