Malnutrition is when someone is not getting enough food or food of the right kind. malnutrition can mean to little food, the wrong mixture of foods (so that vitamin or mineral deficiences occur) or even eating too much food and getting fat.
malnutrition may lead to permanent effects on the growth and development of the child if it continues over a long peroid of time, or present at early age. the following diagram highlights some of the effects of malnutrition (when not enough food is being consumed)
the malnourished children are in South Asia, East Asia/Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East/North Africa, North and South America. The main effected area of malnutrition is in South Asia.
malnutrition may lead to permanent effects on the growth and development of the child if it continues over a long peroid of time, or present at early age. the following diagram highlights some of the effects of malnutrition (when not enough food is being consumed)
the malnourished children are in South Asia, East Asia/Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East/North Africa, North and South America. The main effected area of malnutrition is in South Asia.