Malnutrition: Most Available Disease in Children
by Malnutrition is the lack of sufficient nutrients to maintain healthy body. It is a term used for medical condition caused by insufficient or improper diet.
Today most of the millions people are suffering from to maintain balanced diet. A recent study has revealed that the 50% of the childrens are suffering from the malnutrition.
The medical problems are getting due to malnutrition is called deficiency diseases. These diseases are getting due to the lack of proteins, vitamins, minerals and nutrients in food, these functions associated with in the most developing countries and undeveloped countries.
Survivors of Mauthausen: Gusen concentration camp after the liberation
According to the World Health Organization, hunger and malnutrition is the gravest single threat to the world’s public health and malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases.
Malnutrition continues to be world wide problem as of 2008, in most of the lesser developed countries.
The orange ribbon: An awareness ribbon for malnutrition.
Amartya Sen won a 1998 Nobel Prize in part for his work suggesting that famine is not typically the product of a lack of food; rather, famine may arise from problems in food distribution networks or from governmental policies in the developing world.
Malnutrition appears to increase activity and movement in many animals – for example an experiment on spiders showed increased activity and predation in starved spiders, resulting in larger weight gain. This pattern is seen in many animals, including humans while sleeping. It even occurs in rats with their cerebral cortex or stomachs completely removed.
Nowadays this disease is aware in children. So we should take care of children and to give them sufficient and proper food. So that we can control this disease.
The following countries had 5 million or more undernourished people -
India
212.0
China
150.0
Bangladesh
43.1
Indonesia
13.8
Kenya
9.7
Colombia
5.9
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Post CommentBC Doan
On September 9, 2008 at 11:39 am
This is so sad, isn’t it? Thank you for bringing awareness to this problem!
thestickman
On September 9, 2008 at 1:38 pm
“..Malnutrition appears to increase activity and movement in many animals – for example an experiment on spiders showed increased activity and predation in starved spiders, resulting in larger weight gain.”
-Makes one wonder about America’s (and Canada’s) school-aged youth; they seem ‘well fed’ and often the appearance is one of being obese. Fat! Maybe they are not piggy-eaters vegging in from of the TV or Gameboy, but are nutritionally-compromised and their bodies respond with ‘weight gain’. I often wonder when viewing famine reports showing African women standing in lines to receive emergency ration foods why they are so …large! They’re overweight yet, -starving?
Nice article. I think I want to read more about this..
valli
On September 10, 2008 at 1:29 pm
It is so sad that many Indian children are under malnutrition. Either Government or Voluntary Organizations should help them.
swapna
On September 12, 2008 at 9:41 pm
hey pals, thanks for reading and commenting, @ valli, this problem is not only in india, u can see in many undeveloped countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh etc….