Malnutrition is a condition that develops when a person's dietary intake does not contain the right amount of nutrients for healthy functioning, or when a person cannot correctly absorb nutrients ...

These conditions, the most acute forms of malnutrition, mean children don’t grow mentally or physically to their full potential. The health and economic impacts are catastrophic. A child who has ...

The Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM) provides an update on key economic developments and policies over a six months period. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Lebanon. It places ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair ...

Climate change together with the ongoing armed conflict in northeastern Nigeria have resulted in a dramatic increase in cases of severe malnutrition. The International Committee of the Red Cross ...

Malnutrition remains a widespread issue and takes many forms including undernutrition ... Meanwhile, 190 million were considered to have thinness, meaning their Body Mass Index (BMI) for age was ...

Families are cutting back on their consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables amid competing expenses. A recent report by a Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to look into whether the child ...

In a move to combat poverty and malnutrition, the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) has launched a R80 million cropping programme to help promote sustainable ...

1 “And here's the thing about malnutrition: we don't even have a definition for it. That's how new nutrition is in veterinary medicine.” Brown explained that patients who are critically ill will ...

The research found a “double burden of malnutrition,” meaning a steep rise in overweight co-existing with undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies, in adolescent girls in Vietnam.

By Apoorva Mandavilli Nearly two million children may die of malnutrition because a product used to treat the condition is in short supply, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Monday.