Essay On Hunger And Malnutrition

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background Hunger is still a major concern in health issues. Hunger causes malnutrition, malnutrition and others. Famine kills more people than TB, HIV / AIDS and Malaria. A quarter of children born in developing countries are underweight. Even the number of hungry people in the world exceeds the total population of US and European Union.
Extreme hunger and mal¬nutrition remain as blockade to development and creates a set up from which people cannot easily go out. Hunger and malnutrition mean less productive individuals, who are more susceptible to disease and often unable to earn much more and improve their livelihoods. There are nearly 800 million people in this world who suffer from hunger worldwide, the major¬ity

Other facts about hunger around the world are as follows.
1. 13.1 percent of the world 's population is starving. Approximately 925 million people are malnourished every day, consuming less than 2,100 calories recommended per day
2. The world produces enough food to feed the 7 billion people living in the world, but the hungry also have no land to grow food or money to buy it.
3. The difference between hunger and malnutrition is malnutrition means the body does not have the vitamins and nutrients enough to grow or fight disease. In developing countries with poor sanitation, malnutrition makes children and adults are more susceptible to disease.
4. Poverty is the main cause of hunger, and hunger is the cause of poverty. When people are malnourished, they lose brain function and mental resources into productive assets in society to earn money.
5. In 2010, an estimated 7.6 million children over 20,000 per day died of starvation.
6. Hunger problem exists mostly in underdeveloped countries. Hunger could be transmitted from mother to child. Every year, million of children are born underweight because their mothers are also