Malnutrition

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Introduction
Pretty much everyone is the world experiences hunger. For at least two thirds of us
it’s just and uneasy, generally uncomfortable feeling in our stomach. But what most don’t
realize is that more than 800 million people are not sure if the next meal will come, more
than 200 million are children under the age of five. They are lucky if they get three meals
in a week. Children who don’t have enough food often suffer from mental disabilities,
which can last their whole life and they fall ill more often.

When your body doesn’t have all the essential minerals and nutrients it needs your
immune system becomes much less effective and can render you very weak if you get a
cold or a cough. Malnutrition in children is the consequence of a bunch of things. The
majority are often related to unhealthy food without a good amount of essential nutrients
or simply not enough food. Many children go blind from malnutrition because of the lack
of vitamin A.


























Who suffers from malnutrition?
When asked “who suffers from malnutrition?” most people would first think of
Africa. Although not entirely wrong there are many more places where malnutrition is a
very big problem. Most people also think that malnutrition is caused by being poor or not
being able to afford food, but a lot of it is famine, the lack of food available to them
because of natural disasters including drought, cyclones, earthquakes and floods that can
entirely wipe out crop fields. AIDS has also taken its toll, particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa. Africa experiences some of the worst drought which is the major cause of
malnutrition.

One of the worst natural disasters that cause famine in big proportions is the
drought of 1770.

Some of the places that are suffering from malnutrition include Sudan, Angola
and Ethiopia in Africa as well ...