It is estimated that nearly one in three persons globally suffers from at least one form of malnutrition: wasting, stunting, vitamin or mineral deficiency, overweight, obesity, or diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Accordingly, a 2019 report by The Lancet Commission suggested expanding the definition of malnutrition to include "all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other dietary risks." The World Health Organization and The Lancet Commission have also identified "he double burden of malnutrition," which occurs from "the coexistence of overnutrition (overweight and obesity) alongside undernutrition (stunted growth and wasting)." However, the use of 'malnutrition' instead of 'undernutrition' makes it impossible to distinguish between undernutrition and overnutrition, a less acknowledged form of malnutrition. Most clinical studies use the term 'malnutrition' to refer to undernutrition. In some developing countries, overnutrition in the form of obesity is beginning to appear within the same communities as undernutrition.
A surplus of nutrients causes overnutrition, which can result in overweight and obesity. Undernutrition is a lack of nutrients, which can result in stunted growth, wasting, and underweight. Malnutrition is a category of diseases that includes undernutrition and overnutrition. Specifically, it is "a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients" which adversely affects the body's tissues and form. Malnutrition occurs when an individual gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Improved nutrition supplementation ready-to-use therapeutic foods treating the underlying cause Ĩ21 million undernourished / 11% of the population (2017) Ĥ06,000 from nutritional deficiencies (2015) Improving agricultural practices reducing poverty improving sanitation Lack of breastfeeding gastroenteritis pneumonia malaria measles poverty homelessness
Problems with physical or mental development poor energy levels hair loss swollen legs and abdomen Įating a diet with too few or too many nutrients malabsorption A malnourished child in an MSF treatment tent in Dolo Ado.
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