Malnutrition (Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when your body does not get enough nutrients) has been dubbed the world's "silent emergency", a condition leading to death and disability on a vast scale, particularly... more
Malnutrition (Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when your body does not get enough nutrients) has been dubbed the world's "silent emergency", a condition leading to death and disability on a vast scale, particularly among children and women of child-bearing age. Malnutrition destroys lives by compromising health, learning, productivity, curiosity, incentive and hope. Malnutrition engenders social and economic costs that cripple the development of individuals, communities and nations. Large segments of the world's people, mostly poor and concentrated in developing nations are malnourished in calories, protein and/or micronutrients. Among the populations most vulnerable to malnutrition, are infants, pre-school children and pregnant and lactating women, all of whose nutritional demands are elevated. The degree and distribution of protein energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency in a given population depends on many factors the economic situation, the l...
