Maternal And Childhood Malnutrition On Low And Middle Income Countries

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

Malnutrition is commonly found to be associated with poverty, often it is due to the lack of income into the household which restricts the family to the food products that they can buy. The food that the family are able to afford are often low in essential nutrients and vitamins, these food products are cheap to buy and easy to cook. Malnutrition is defined as the lack of consumption of nutrients which then leads to further health problems. Being malnourished can impact a child’s development, including weight loss, growth issues and cognitive issues. Having the correct nutrition intake is required within childhood to ensure that the child develops in the correct way, it is extremely

Malnutrition is still a problem in many developing countries particularly in Africa. It is estimated that 47 million under five children

Malnutrition continues to be a major health burden throughout the developing world, especially in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Each form of malnutrition depends on what nutrients are missing in the diet, for how long and at what age. The most basic kind results from a deficiency in all major macronutrients, such as fats, proteins and carbohydrates, called protein-energy malnutrition. Other forms of malnutrition are less obvious, but not necessarily less deadly. They are usually the result of a diet lacking in micronutrients, such as electrolytes, minerals and vitamins. Deficiencies of iron, vitamin A and zinc are ranked among the World Health Organization's top 10 leading causes of death through disease in developing countries. (WFP,

Since decades child health have persisted in debilitating conditions throughout the world particularly in developing countries where child mortality rates remain elevated. Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were proposed by United Nations in 2000 for its member states to be achieved by 2015. These MDGs provided guidance and direction to the national and global health priorities. Out of these eight MDGs, goal 4 was related to children mortality and target was set to reduce by two third, the under-five mortality rate in 2015 (WHO, 2014). The progress of MDG 4 was significant globally and the number of deaths in under 5 years of children dropped down to 6.6 million in 2012 compared to 12.6 million in 1990 (WHO, 2014). Whilst its burden

Malnutrition is an epidemic we must face everyday whether it is here in the U.S. or halfway across the world in India. Children all over the world are suffering these effects which can be long term whether they or their parents realize it. Malnutrition effects performance, grades, activity, and cognition in more ways than ever thought possible. In conclusion, malnutrition in children has it effects

According to recent statistics from the United Nations World Food Program, 795 million people across the globe, suffer from the effects of being undernourished ("Food Program," 2015, para. 1). Both hunger and malnutrition serve to be the number one risk to health and well-being, more so than Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria combined ("Food Program," 2015, para. 1). Although the planet produces enough food to feed everyone (Wright & Boorse, 2014), hunger, malnutrition, and famine continue to adversely affect people in both developed and developing nations. Children are particularly susceptible to the ill effects of hunger and malnutrition as stunting or growth failure, aside for disease, is the leading cause of abnormal growth development in children ("Stunting," n.d.).

Hunger and malnutrition in Africa has been on the increase, have affected many Africans in different ways since 1900’s. Children and adults both are facing devastating hunger and malnutrition crisis across a south of Africa. Some of the regions that are strongly affected by hunger and malnutrition issues includes Countries like Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia. Commonness of malnourishment in total populations of Kenya is 28% in Ethiopia 37% and in Zambia 45%. People in these populations are suffering from hunger and malnutrition in large numbers. In some parts of Africa parents have hard time providing nutritious food to their children due to crop failures, sky rocketing food prices and insecurity. According to the Secretary of United States General Kofi Annan mentioned that African leaders are mismanaging their abundant resources. He also stated that under use of their resources abundant resources has become the very source of Africa’s misery. The main reason for hunger and malnutrition of their people is being the lack of resources in Africa on counties in Africa. In some of the countries in Africa hunger and malnutrition have deadly effects on majority of the population. There are lot of deficiency among millions of Africans which includes malnutrition diseases like protein energy deficiency, anemia, and vitamin A deficiency, and which are effecting and killing them especially children.

Malnutrition and unclean water are major causes of death in developing countries. While people in developed countries have access to a glass of fresh water anytime of the day, it’s quite the contrary for people in developed countries whose only source of water is the river that’s miles away. This goes for food as well. Undernourished kids have a hard time developing and are less resistant to diseases (i). Insufficient nutrients contribute to rising child mortality (ii); mothers are unable to breastfeed their babies since they are undernourished themselves (ii). In some instances, girls are required to eat last after the males due to their culture. The consequences of malnutrition are many; the leading results are lower IQs, heart disease,

Many U.S. children lack proper nutrition. This is called malnutrition. Malnutrition is caused by an insufficient or a poorly balanced diet. Child malnutrition affects cognitive function and contributes to poverty by impeding people’s ability to lead productive lives.(1) Their diets do not provide them with adequate calories, proteins, vitamins or minerals for general maintenance and growth. Some cannot even fully utilize the food they eat due to illness. Malnutrition can cause chronic health issues. Children who are poorly nourished can suffer from a variety of infections and serious illnesses. One illness is stunting. Stunting is where children are below set standards for their height based on their age. Another illness is being underweight. This is where children are significantly below standard weight levels for their age. Lastly is wasting. Wasting is

It is estimated that the number of undernourished people in the world is 1.02 billion. Hunger and malnutrition are the underlying causes of more than half of all child deaths, killing nearly 6 million children each year, and are among the major causes of human death. Out of every ten deaths worldwide, three are due to the maternal causes, conditions arising during the perinatal period, and nutritional deficiencies. Undernutrition has been reported to be related to different diseases including coronary heart disease, stroke, lower respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diarrheal diseases, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, and prematurity and low birth weight. According to the World Health Organization, in 2004, these diseases were among the top ten leading causes of death in the world. The majority of these causes of death are directly or indirectly the result of nutritional deficiencies, infections, epidemics or diseases as the resistance and immunity of human body are weakened by undernourishment and hunger. Food security is a condition that exists when all people at all times are free from hunger and are comprising availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability of food. It is the end goal of eliminating global hunger. We dream of a world where food security is the norm, where everyone anywhere is food secure. Hunger is a condition

Unfortunately the family has no security regarding food and as a result the children are malnourished. This is not uncommon, as every other child in Niger suffers from chronic malnutrition (Burki 1). The mother also suffers from malnutrition due to lack of recovery time between births. In order to provide for their family, the parents often go hungry, but even this is not enough. The root of the children’s malnutrition comes from lack of access to food and insufficient income to buy food and care for themselves.

Several factors contribute to poor nutritional status among children, such as shortage of food, cultural feeding practices and negative food beliefs within in the households. UNICEF reported in 2015 that under-nutrition accounts for 40% of children’s death under the age of five. Additionally, it stated that 33% of children are chronically undernourished, 5% are severely undernourished, and 14% are underweight. Sadly, chronic under-nutrition permanently stunts the growth of the body and brain of a child.

According to the World Bank, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 23% of children in Ecuador have stunted growth and 6% are underweight (2016). Children who are malnourished, especially from the ages of 0-2 years, are at a heightened risk for long term physical, mental, and social consequences. According to Skolnik (2016), 45% of childhood deaths are related to poor nutrition (195). Nutrition is a key factor in many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), either directly or indirectly. Ecuador is already on the right path to meet MDG 1: Eradicate Poverty and Hunger. Poor nutritional status is both a cause and a consequence of low economic

Seventy five percent of children in developing countries suffer from malnutrition, which result in development disorder. Consequently, the