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Old 18th October 2019, 11:49 PM   #146
Orphia Nay
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UNICEF released a report this week, and most of the recent posts are people in here asking about things it's saying:

https://features.unicef.org/state-of...019-nutrition/

"Most forms of malnutrition across all parts of the world – from rural plots to city blocks – are rooted in poverty and inequity.
"Globally at least half of all children under five suffer from hidden hunger: a lack of essential nutrients that often goes unnoticed until it’s too late."

"Malnutrition e.g. from obesity, diet, hunger are why children's needs should be central to planetary food management.
"Women are 40% of the world’s formal labour force. Yet mothers remain responsible for most child feeding and care and often receive little support from families, employers or society at large, facing the impossible choice of feeding children well or earning a steady income. [...]
"even within households, these three forms of malnutrition – undernutrition, hidden hunger and overweight – co-exist."

"In the United States, childhood obesity is more common in families with lower education and income levels. In England, rates of childhood overweight and obesity are more than twice as high in the poorest areas. These areas also have five times more fast food restaurants than the most affluent areas. In many cases, healthy foods are more expensive than unhealthy options.

"But good nutrition can break the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition – in just one generation. With proper care and nutrition, children of malnourished parents can still grow to a healthy height. In order for that to happen, women and girls, especially adolescent mothers, need support and guidance on nutrition before pregnancy, both for their own well-being and to make sure their children get the nutrition they need in the crucial first 1,000 days of life.

"By contrast, there are numerous examples of how better nutrition is associated with improvements in children’s school performance. From China to Tanzania, from Guatemala to the United States, multiple studies have shown how better nutrition improved rates of school enrolment, attendance, and performance in areas like mathematics and reading.

"Good food and nutrition are not only the foundation of children’s health and the development of society at large, they are also a child’s basic human right."

- The State of the World's Children 2019
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