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The prevalence of undernutrition is highest among children under five. [24] In 2021, 148.1 million children under five years old were stunted, 45 million were wasted, and 37 million were overweight or obese. [26] The same year, an estimated 45% of deaths in children were linked to undernutrition.
The Progresa program in Mexico combined conditional cash transfers with nutritional education and micronutrient-fortified food supplements; this resulted in a 10 percent reduction in the prevalence of stunting in children 12–36 months old. [15] Milk fortified with zinc and iron reduced the incidence of diarrhea by 18 percent in a study in India.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that in 2003, 1 out of 200 U.S. households with children were so severely food insecure that any of the children went hungry at least once during the year. A substantially larger proportion of these same households (3.8 percent) had adult members who were hungry at least one day during the year ...
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, [5] and of sepsis in those infected with HIV. The organism also causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia .
The typical signs and symptoms in children under five are fever, cough, and fast or difficult breathing. [23] Fever is not very specific, as it occurs in many other common illnesses and may be absent in those with severe disease, malnutrition or in the elderly. In addition, a cough is frequently absent in children less than 2 months old. [23]
The pneumonia is caused by tiny Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria and cases are spiking this year, particularly among preschool-age children, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
But the virus can cause complications in vulnerable populations, including infants, children under 2, people over 50, those with weakened immune systems and those with heart or lung disease ...
In the large study in South Korea referenced by Birx, children younger than 10 were found to transmit the virus less than adults, and those between 10 and 19 were found to spread it as much as ...