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The undernourishment occurred despite the world's farmers producing enough food to feed around 12 billion people—almost double the current world population. [186] Malnutrition, as of 2010, was the cause of 1.4% of all disability adjusted life years. [187]
Another estimate, also by WHO, states that childhood underweight is the cause for about 35% of all deaths of children under the age of five worldwide. [6] The main causes of malnutrition are often related to poverty: unsafe water, inadequate sanitation or insufficient hygiene, factors related to society, diseases, maternal factors, gender ...
According to the Global Hunger Index, South Asia (also known as the Indian Subcontinent) has the highest child malnutrition rate of world's regions. [14] India, a largely vegetarian country and second largest country in the world by population, contributes most number in malnutrition in the region. The 2006 report mentioned that "the low status ...
Malnutrition can be identified as an underlying cause for shortened life. [14] 70% of childhood deaths (age 0–4) are reportedly due to diarrheal illness, acute respiratory infection, malaria and immunizable disease. However 56% of these childhood deaths can be attributed to the effects of malnutrition as an underlying cause. [15]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hunger is the single gravest threat to the world's public health. [3] [4] The WHO also states that malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases. [3] Undernutrition is a contributory factor in the death of 3.1 million children under five every ...
In less developed countries, malnutrition is the main cause of child mortality. [12] Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria together are the cause of one out of every three deaths before the age of 5 while nearly half of under-five deaths globally are attributable to under-nutrition. [3]
These famines cause widespread malnutrition and impoverishment. The famine in Ethiopia in the 1980s had an immense death toll, although Asian famines of the 20th century have also produced extensive death tolls. Modern African famines are characterized by widespread destitution and malnutrition, with heightened mortality confined to young children.
The causes of malnutrition are complex and multifaceted, with aging processes further contributing to its development. The concerns faced with nutritional markers for the elderly are highlighted by the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in adults over 65, encompassing factors from age-related changes to disease-related risks.