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Certain groups have higher rates of undernutrition, including elderly people and women (in particular while pregnant or breastfeeding children under five years of age). Undernutrition is an increasing health problem in people aged over 65 years, even in developed countries, especially among nursing home residents and in acute care hospitals. [40]
Protein–energy undernutrition (PEU), once called protein–energy malnutrition (PEM), is a form of malnutrition that is defined as a range of conditions arising from coincident lack of dietary protein and/or energy in varying proportions. The condition has mild, moderate, and severe degrees.
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.
It occurs amongst weaning children to ages of about five years old. [2] Conditions analogous to kwashiorkor were well documented around the world throughout history. [5] However, Jamaican pediatrician Cicely Williams introduced the term in 1935, two years after she published the disease's first formal description. Williams was the first to ...
The World Health Organization showed that over the span of thirteen years (1995 to 2008), the deviation from the average height of children under age five in South Africa has slightly decreased from 28.7% to 23.9%. [61] These decreases in deviation show that the problem of malnutrition in South Africa has decreased over recent years.
A 7-month-old baby tragically died as a result of the strict diet his parents fed him, which exclusively consisted of gluten-free foods and quinoa milk.
The low-cost food that is generally affordable to the poor in affluent nations is low in nutritional value and high in fats, sugars and additives. In rich countries, therefore, obesity is often a sign of poverty and malnutrition while in poorer countries obesity is more associated with wealth and good nutrition.
There were 735.1 million malnourished people in the world in 2022, a decrease of 58.3 million since 2005, [2] despite the fact that the world already produces enough food to feed everyone (8 billion people) and could feed more than that (12 billion people). [3] Reducing malnutrition is key part of Sustainable Development Goal 2, "Zero hunger ...