Nature And Magnitude Of Malnutrition In Peru

Although many of the people suffering from hunger live in developing regions, poor nutrition remains a global

“Over 100,000 children under five suffer from acute malnutrition while one child out of three is stunted, or irreversibly short for their age.”(“Hunger”) This staggering statistic is due to one of the world’s biggest problems, hunger. Hunger is a problem that many developing countries face, one of the biggest victims to hunger is the small Caribbean country of Haiti. Hunger in Haiti affects the entire country, from the rural countrysides to the major cities. Though hunger is already a big issue for Haiti, it has gotten worse in the past decade due to the extreme poverty, heavy storms, and natural disasters that the country has faced. “In 1997 some 1.2 million Haitians didn 't have enough food to eat. A decade later the number had more than doubled. Today, that figure is 6.7 million, that goes without food some days, can 't afford a balanced diet or has limited access to food.”(“Goldberg”) Natural disasters and extreme poverty have played large roles in Haiti’s growing hunger problem.

While most reports highlights the severity of hunger in many developing nations, many suffering from hunger can happen in our backyard too. In the US, prolific families suffering from malnourishment and food insecurity makes up 12.7%

Political turmoil in the United States is difficult to keep up with; however, it is important to pay attention to foreign affairs as well. In the country of Guatemala fifty percent of children under the age of five are severely malnourished, the fourth highest rate of malnutrition in the world. Malnutrition is defined as the lack of proper nutrition, cause by not having enough to eat, causing failure to thrive. Americans need to work together to stop the detrimental effects of malnutrition by focusing on the agricultural, government involvement, and education. By looking at the food created in Guatemala, we can see how these children get their energy.

Malnutrition causes nearly half of all deaths in children under five. (Food Aid Foundation.) Millions of children, gone, into thin air. As if they never existed. Millions of stories, millions of futures, all dead, uncared for. More than 795 million people do not have access to enough food to live a healthy lifestyle. (Food Aid Foundation.) Potential scientists, doctors, and musicians will never be able to achieve their goals because they can’t even obtain food. In Haiti, a small central-american country, one out of every three children lose the ability to grow because of malnourishment (Naq, Oishimaya Sen.). The severity of malnourishment in Haiti causes Haitian children to acquire many terminal diseases and blood deficiencies (Naq, Oishimaya

In every country in Latin America and the Caribbean, women suffer acute discrimination. Often, the discrimination women face is related to social prejudices regarding appropriate patterns of conduct for men and women. This entrenched sex inequality provides the backdrop for the pervasive and widespread human rights violations women face in the region, with little chance of justice. The most pernicious types of women's human rights abuses in the Americas occur in the areas of women's reproductive and sexual health and rights, discrimination and violence against women in the workplace, and violence against women in the home. After decades of dictatorships in some countries, democracy has not meant an end to impunity for violations of women

“Hunger is more than missing a meal. It's a debilitating crisis that has almost one billion people in its grip.” (MercyCorps). World hunger is a serious problem in our world today. Men, women, and children suffer from lack of food all over the world. Food is one of the most important things we need to survive. According to Feed My Starving Children, “Food builds a solid foundation for communities to become strong and self-reliant.” Most importantly, the women, need to be fed also because if they are fed, they will give birth to a healthy baby. Most women are hungry and when they suffer from hunger they have a higher chance of having complications during birth

Every year the FAO publishes a report titled “The State of Food and Insecurity in world .” Hunger and malnutrition inflict heavy costs on individuals and households, communities and nations.Malnutrition lso is a big part

A lot of homes in Peru have multiple family members in them. Some family members might not live together, but they might live close to each other. Women in Peru don’t have the same rights as men. They might not get equal pay from doing the same hours and

In addition, the State of Food Insecurity reported in 2015, that over 50 percent of the population is undernourished (World Food Programme, 2016). That’s because Haiti can only produce enough food to meet 50 percent of what its’ country needs, then rely on food imports to meet and exceed the rest of its needs (World Food Programme, 2016). Unfortunately, this resulted in more than half of its population being undernourished and about 22 percent of children under age 5 having stunted growths (World Food Programme, 2016).

4). According to Bonnard and Remancus, there has been a significance in improving child malnutrition in the past decade, but in western part of Honduras stunting is still a problem(14). “The lack of basic services exacerbates poor health and sanitation,” results in having 40% of children stunting as stated by “Security” (para. 2). Stunting decreasing to 25% or lower and paces of underweight children, Honduras has a growing rate of overweight women and children (“Nutrition” 1). Although in the last decade having an increase of urban slums, 75% of poor people live in rural areas (“Agriculture” para.

The practices and traditions related to food and eating on Christmas and New Years in Peru are different in terms of food, setting and who prepares the food.

In Peru, about 5.2 million people are in a state of high or very high vulnerability to food insecurity , one of the major cause of malnutrition. This along with poverty, international commodity market fluctuations, limited purchasing power and issues

In 2015, the total population of Peru was 31,377,000. Of the total population, 27.8% was under 15 years old and 6.8% was more than 60 years old. The life expectancy for men is 73 years and 78 years for women. Many of Peru’s health hazards lie in the country’s pollution problems. Due to the country’s numerous industrial development in addition to inadequate contamination control, Peruvians experienced significant air pollution and water contamination problems. The significant gap between the rich and the poor are also accountable for the country’s high mortality rate across all age groups. Rural poverty in particular is especially common in Peru. Many individuals under poverty live in unsanitary conditions that further escalate their risk for

ASSESSMENT OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD AT RWAMAGANA DISTRICT HOSPITAL.