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406,000 from nutritional deficiencies (2015) [ 10 ] Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. [ 11 ][ 12 ] Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues and form.
A 2008 review of malnutrition found that about 55 million children are wasted, including 19 million who have severe wasting or severe acute malnutrition. [15] In 2020, a research paper that mapped stunting, wasting, and underweight among children across 105 low- and middle-income countries found that only five countries were expected to meet ...
Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition (or more precisely chronic undernutrition) and recurrent infections, such as diarrhea and helminthiasis, in early childhood and even before birth, due to malnutrition during fetal development brought ...
In low-income countries, 10% of children benefit from school feeding programs, compared to 27% in lower middle-income countries, 30% in upper middle-income countries, and 47% in high-income countries. [3] Although school feeding programs are widespread, they can differ significantly in their design, implementation, and evaluation.
Education in ruralNigeria is characterized with very poor infrastructure, insufficient academic staff, insecurityand non-payment of staff among others. [78] Education is fundamental to the growth and development, and serves as a critical index in measuring the process of the development agenda.
Food insecurity has a number of negative consequences for Nigeria. [7] It can lead to malnutrition, which can impair physical and mental development. It can also lead to social unrest, as people become desperate for food. There are many consequences of hunger, namely malnutrition, undernutrition, nutritional deficiencies child wasting.
Among other threats to health are malnutrition, pollution and road traffic accidents. In 2020, Nigeria had the highest number of cases of COVID-19 in Africa. [citation needed] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [3] finds that Nigeria is fulfilling 48.2% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. [4]
SDG 2 aims to end all forms of malnutrition and hunger by 2030 and ensure that everyone has sufficient food throughout the year, especially children. Chronic malnutrition, which affects an estimated 155 million children worldwide, also stunts children's brain and physical development and puts them at further risk of death, disease, and lack of ...