Malnutrition And Malnutrition Among Children

Despite the vast research on nutrition and health, malnutrition is still a major fatality in this present day. Policymakers, social scientist and medical experts have expressed alarm about the growing problem. While most agree that the issue deserves attention, consensus dissolves around how to respond and resolve the problem. Malnourishment continues to be a primary health liability in developing nations such as Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is globally the most significant risk factor for illness and death, predominantly with hundreds of millions of pregnant women

Like any country, there are a variety of health concerns. About 50 percent of the children are malnourished-phsycially and mentally. When people experience malnourishment, often times it can stunt people’s growth as such a young age. Some illnesses are heart disease, kidney damage, and anemia, which can lead into adulthood.

“What does malnutrition look like? Most of us think of bloated bellies or skin and bones, but the appearance of a hungry child might surprise you. Internationally hunger often stunts growth. Imagine a 9-year-old who appears to be only 5” (“Feed the Children.” Feed). Almost 1 billion kids worldwide live in poverty and 1 in 4 children around the world suffer from malnutrition that stunts growth (“Feed the Children.” Give). This is a very big problem not only in America but everywhere else, malnutrition is the cause of almost half of child deaths each year around the world (“Feed the Children.” Give). It is close to impossible for a malnourished child to recover from diarrhea or to fight off a small illness because their immune system is just simply too weak (“Feed the Children.”

The lack of growth and development begin to occur when the body does not take in enough calcium. Calcium is very important part for the body to function because it has the function to keep bones strong and without calcium the bones will become weak and break easily. Also, it will lead to stunted growth in the body and the person will not be able to grow properly. In addition, malnutrition can occur when children or the poor community does not get enough to eat and is requiring the need of nutritions and other minerals. Suffering from malnutrition will cause extensive amount of disease to manifest in the human body. Also, it will be harder for the body to fight off disease and people will become more vulnerable to catching different type of diseases. Pedro A Sanchez stated, “The death rate from diseases such as lower respiratory infection, malaria, and measles…Undernourished people infected with HIV/AIDS develop the full symptoms” (1). The poor population is longing for the access to healthy food in order to prevent terrible disease like this from occurring. It is very hard to treat and prevent these different variety of disease from happening without having the money to get the proper care and medical attention.

Food insecurity is a huge risk factor when it comes to child welfare intervention, as 34% of child removal is due to neglect (Hick & Stokes, 2016). The basic definition of neglect according to Regehr and Kanani (2016), is the inability of a parent or guardian to meet a child’s essential needs, including adequate food. Evidently, this is a direct attack against racialized, single mothers because they make up 57% of minimum wage earners, which as discussed earlier, is not a substantial living wage (Drabble, 2016). Consequently, this leaves a great number of racial minority mothers at risk of child removal, despite the obstacles that derive from intersecting identities of gender, race and class. According to Hick and Stokes (2016), 40% of the

Malnutrition is defined, by Merriam-Webster, as, “faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalance intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization.” Malnutrition can affect both those who don’t eat enough and those who eat too much. You can be obese and malnourished due to eating only certain nutrients and not others. The body needs a balance of all nutrients. Prevention of malnutrition starts simply with eating a well balance diet based on the MyPlate recommendations. This helps will help a person eat the correct nutrients in the correct balance to avoid eating too many or too few of any one nutrient. The amount of different types of nutrients depends on the type of lifestyle someone leads. Someone who is more active will need more calories from carbohydrates and protein as compared to a sedentary person. Another way to help prevent malnutrition is education on what nutrients are and why you need them. There is a lot of misinformation out in the world and correct information can help prevent malnutrition. Some misinformation states that certain, necessary nutrients are bad for you, leading to people not eating them. Not eating these nutrients can lead to malnutrition. Malnutrition can lead to wasting of muscles, heart problems, and even death. Treatment depends on the cause of the malnutrition. For a person malnourished due to under-nutrition, the treatment includes increasing calories with a balance of nutrients. If it is bad enough, the nutrition may be supplied through an IV line or possible through a feeding tube (Nordqvist). This ensures the nutrients needed are supplied, along with the calories needed. For a person malnourished due to overconsumption, a diet with balanced nutrients and fewer calories is

Malnutrition is defined as a lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat. This is another environmental factor in which children of poor families are at a great disadvantage due to the fact that it tends to occur most in those confronting the adverse socioeconomic and environmental conditions typically associated with poverty. It has become widely known that malnutrition may lead to increased early child mortality, impairment of physical growth and substantial destruction to brain development. In addition, the short-term implications of malnutrition lead to long term complications and cognitive delays such as attention deficit disorder, impaired school performance, decreased IQ scores, memory deficiency, learning disabilities, reduced social skills, reduced language development, and reduced problem-solving abilities. It has even been argued that nutrition may be the single greatest environmental influence on babies in the womb, during infancy, and throughout the first years of life.

Malnutrition is a growing problem in the world. According to Medical News Today, malnutrition can include many things such as undernutrition and even overnutrition. Undernutrition can include not getting enough nutrients and calories in the diet, which can diminish a person’s growth and ability to fight off diseases. Overnutrition is the opposite where too many calories are consumed leading to an imbalance of nutrients in the diet and can also cause some health effects such as obesity. If certain nutrients are missing in the diet or if too many nutrients are in the diet, it can affect nutrition and how the body functions.

Food will always be one of the most important things in your life. Every living thing on the face of the earth needs nutrition to survive, grow, and reproduce. Unfortunately, about 795 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This number represents about 1 in 9 people on the planet and is much higher in developing countries where 13% of the population is malnourished. Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from a diet in which there are not enough nutrients or there are so many that the diet causes health problems. A malnourished persons body has difficulty doing normal things like growing and fighting illnesses. Two billion people in the world suffer from various forms of malnutrition. The most basic kind is called protein energy malnutrition. This includes low height and weight and a lack of nutrients that help the body to function properly. Another common group is overweight, obesity, and diet related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. When people refer to world hunger, they are talking about undernutrition. One of the places most affected by this is Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa, the area of the African continent that lies south of the Sahara Desert, has the highest level of food insecurity in the world.

In a study conducted in West Madura Island, Indonesia, supplementation of lipid-based nutrient supplements were found to prevent stunting in six to twelve month-old infants. The researchers chose to study children of this age range due to the fact that it’s the age where children go from being breastfed to being fed solids. It is crucial for children at the listed age to get the proper nutrients they need when they undergo the transition. The study was Conducted on one hundred and sixty eight infants in Indonesia who received either the lipid

Food insecurity in children have severe impacts to their growth and development. Moreover, nutritious food is critical for a child's physical and psychological development. Without nutritious food kids can develop obesity, abnormalities related to the deficiencies, and compromised immune systems. Therefore, they can have poorer academic outcomes, chronic conditions, hyperactivity, and inattention. Nurses will be one of the first to observe the impacts of child poverty on the children they care

Certain attributes such as ethnic or religious eating habits or economic necessity by the parents are some of the main reasons we see that children in third world countries suffer from malnutrition (Piercecchi-Marti, M. 2006). Many children in third world countries are born into lower class families who's parents are not able to provide enough food for their children. Due to this, researchers find that malnutrition is more prone to areas of

Food will always be one of the most important things in your life. Every living thing on the face of the earth needs nutrition to survive, grow, and reproduce. Unfortunately, about 795 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This number represents about 1 in 9 people on the planet and is much higher in developing countries where 13% of the population is malnourished. Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which there are not enough nutrients or there are so many that the diet causes health problems. A malnourished persons body has difficulty doing normal things like growing and fighting illnesses. Two billion people in the world suffer from various forms of malnutrition. The most basic kind is called protein energy malnutrition. This includes low height and weight and a lack of nutrients that help the body to function properly. Another common group is overweight, obesity, and diet related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. When people refer to world hunger, they are talking about undernutrition. One of the places most affected by this is Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa, the area of the African continent that lies south of the Sahara Desert, has the highest level of food insecurity in the world.

Many children in the United States is facing a problem of Under nutrition. It is very important for a child to get as many nutrients in their body to be healthy. Under nutrition is caused by the lack of the six sources of nutrients carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. Hunger can affect a child from growing up appropriately. Hunger also lead to weight loss which then can affect the body from fighting infectious diseases. Because of that, they are more having a high probability of becoming sick, miss school, and fall behind in class. Malnutrition from hunger can also cause cognitive activities. It then affects the brain growth which is very important for a developing child. Brain impaired leads to a child not being able to learn or experience what healthy children do such as reading, writing and speaking.

Child hunger is an ongoing problem all around the world, but it is statistically more severe in the developing world, with 1 out of 6 children suffering from malnutrition and malnourishment. Africa has the countries with the most staggering child hunger rates; with 2,500 children dying daily from starvation (Borgenproject). Starvation and malnutrition have significant negative impacts on a child’s cognitive and neurological function, organ function and formation, and their physical growth. More importantly, starvation leaves children vulnerable to other serious diseases, stunt growth, and eventually, death. As someone living in the United States, it is difficult to make child hunger in Africa a priority, because one is literally and figuratively so far away from the issue, as well as misinformed and lacking the resources necessary to tackle the different causes that lead to child hunger in Africa.