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UNEMPLOYMENT AND
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
Insufficient income to avail basic needs
not having access to a reliable and nutritiously well-balanced food supply, considering purchasing power and physical availability
Prime cause of mortality and morbidity in children
POOR BREAST-FEEDING
This is one of the leading causes of malnutrition.
Despite a wealth of scientific knowledge of nutrition, too many of us do not know what a balanced diet is and are ignorant of the essential nutrients we need and the foods that contain them.
Childhood vaccination may protect children's nutritional status and lead to improved child growth.
In addition to being a major intervention for reducing child mortality, it may be considered a tool for mitigating undernutrition .
Abundance of food supply but deterioration of eating habits on among all social strata.
children from unintended pregnancies may be at risk of poor nutrition, underscoring the important role of family planning.
Babies that are born to teenage mothers are at a much greater risk of being malnourished.
The children born to adolescent mothers were shorter for their age and had lower weights for height than children born to adult mothers (Narayanan, 2019).
According to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professor Jean Humphrey, the stunting children experiences is not simply due to a lack of food. The constant ambush of germs and bacteria from their environment forces “these children’s bodies [to] divert energy and nutrients away from growth and brain development to prioritize infection-fighting survival
lack of access to health services increases children's risk of malnutrition due to inadequate vaccination that may predispose them to preventable diseases
INACCESSIBILITY
TO HEALTH
CARE
Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition addresses 3 broad groups of conditions: undernutrition, which includes wasting (low weight-for-height), stunting (low height-for-age) and underweight (low weight-for-age)
OF MALNUTRITION IN THE COMMUNITY
Around 45% of deaths among children under 5 years of age are linked to undernutrition. These mostly occur in low- and middle-income countries. At the same time, in these same countries, rates of childhood overweight and obesity are rising.
Energy levels aren’t the only way your brain is affected by poor nutrition over time, poor nutrition can increase your risk of depression and anxiety.. Anxiety and depression can make it difficult to concentrate at work.
DECREASED WORKFORCE
POVERTY
HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATE
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASES AND INFECTIONS
IMMUNO-
COMPROMISED POPULATION