Millions of Children Face Starvation – UNICEF
Millions of Children Face Starvation – UNICEF
Nearly 200 million children in developing countries suffer from stunted growth and health problems due to poor nutrition in their early years. This is according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
In its report, UNICEF says however, the percentage of children with retarded growth in Asia fell to 30 percent last year from 44 percent in 1990, and in Africa to 34 percent from 38 percent over the same period.
The organisation further says that despite a decline in the rate of the problem, 195 million children in developing countries under five years old have stunted growth due to poor nutrition during the critical period between their conception and 2nd birthdays.
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Nutritionists examine how
Nutritionists examine how food works in the body, how the environment affects the quality and safety of foods, and what influence all these factors have on health and disease. Professionals in such field as clinical nutrition assess a person’s nutritional needs based on family and medical history, individual lifestyle and laboratory tests. They examine the results of this assessment and make recommendations on a person’s diet and nutritional needs. Clinical nutrition is the science that studies how nutrients are digested, absorbed, transported, metabolized, stored, and eliminated by the body.
In poor countries
In poor countries malnutrition is just an ordinary scenario. I’m glad to hear that UNICEF intervenes with this kind of issue, we have to save those children from malnutrition. Only the intervention of some private sector could save them from being malnourished. It may be worth to have some payday loansto deal with malnutrition issue and give some awareness program on it’s effect to children’s growth.