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by: Tiara Facusse

Childhood malnutrition is a complex, long-lasting issue related to Honduras’ socioeconomic structure that has short and long-term consequences on a nation and on children.

HONDURAS

Honduras is located in Central America

It has 8,448,465 inhabitants and more than half of the population lives in poverty and in extreme poverty.

It is the second poorest country in Latin America, and the country with the highest death rate.

Hurricane Mitch in 1998 made the economy slowly decline and took a turn for the worst, increasing its poverty rate and the gap between the upper and the working poor class.

WHAT IS CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION?

  • Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when the body does not receive enough nutrients. When a person does not eat enough food, that person is malnourished.

Family factors that lead to childhood malnutrition are:

  • Low family income
  • Low levels of paternal education
  • Deficient maternal nutrition
  • Lack of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life

Factors linked with insecurity and limited access to basic resources:

  • Replacement of traditional crops with cash crops
  • Little access to credit
  • Lack of primary health care access,\
  • Exposure to natural or economic disaster
  • Unsanitary living conditions

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The UN says that they form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the World’s poorest by 2015.

The two Millennium Development Goals that address Childhood Malnutrition are the ones related to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and to reduce childhood morality.

Sadly the UN has done little to help fight Childhood Malnutrition in Honduras

  • Childhood Malnutrition is so costly to nations because malnourished children have weaker immune systems and are more likely to become sick and die, placing more financial burden on health systems.
  • Malnourished children also put more pressure on educational systems because they have learning difficulties and they don’t perform that well in school.
  • Poor school performance generally leads to lower earning potential and job market competitiveness
  • This not only prolongs the poverty cycle, it has a negative consequences on a nation’s economy and production.

Conclusion

The consequences of Childhood malnutrition affect the children and the country where malnutrition is predominant.

The negative effects may be irreversible such as brain damage because of the lack of brain development from a very early stage in life, to ruining the economic, political and social development of the country.

Childhood malnutrition is not just a health problem, it is a problem that is linked with a country’s socioeconomic organization, and that damages a whole nation and keeps it in the endless poverty cycle.

If Honduras would reduce the percent of childhood malnutrition, it would guarantee development of many generations to come and would benefit in its politics, economy, and society.

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Childhood Malnutrition

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