Economics

Study Notes

Development and Growth Constraints - Malnutrition

Level:: A-Level, IB

Board:: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB, Eduqas, WJEC

Last updated 29 Dec 2018

High rates of malnutrition can severely impair development and bring untold human misery.

Undernutrition in children can lead to:
⬇️ stunting
🧠 impaired cognitive development
📚 lower school attendance rates
🎓 reduced human capital attainment
😷 higher risk of chronic diseasehttps://t.co/sWSh53BpAc #EarlyYears pic.twitter.com/YS7h8mdRS8
— World Bank Africa (@WorldBankAfrica) December 29, 2018

Great gains have been made to reduce undernutrition, but overweight & obesity are rising rapidly. Multiple burdens of malnutrition are the new normal, and driving cause of global disease burden #InvestInNutrition @motherfoodintl @GNReport @usaskPharmNut https://t.co/1P64hCCcg5
— Dominic Schofield (@DoSchofield) December 29, 2018

One of the primary causes of hunger and undernutrition is lack of access to food. Rise to the #ZeroHunger challenge to end hunger, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture: https://t.co/Qr1GvBooXj pic.twitter.com/XvN7QghLNl
— UN Global Compact (@globalcompact) December 24, 2018

'Newborns were fed fish soup': Papua New Guinea's malnutrition crisis | Jo Chandler https://t.co/wSUCrpXita
— Global Development (@GdnDevelopment) July 31, 2018