Malnutrition

Food, it is something that many of us take for granted. But did you know that 800 million people in the world go to sleep hungry every day and that 200 million of them are children under the age of five.

Besides the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death. Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is stunted by hunger and malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 per cent in lifetime earnings.

Food, it is something that many of us take for granted. But did you know that 800 million people in the world go to sleep hungry every day and that 200 million of them are children under the age of five.

Besides the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death. Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is stunted by hunger and malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 per cent in lifetime earnings.

Food, it is something that many of us take for granted. But did you know that 800 million people in the world go to sleep hungry every day and that 200 million of them are children under the age of five.

Besides the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death. Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is stunted by hunger and malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 per cent in lifetime earnings.