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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 ...
The World Health Organization estimates that malnutrition accounts for 54 percent of child mortality worldwide, [5] about 1 million children. [2] 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 years worldwide.
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]
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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]
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