NATIONAL UNIVERSITY “PEDRO RUIZ GALLO” “MALNUTRITION WORLDWIDE” HUMAN MEDICAL SCHOOL PROFESSOR : COURSE : TEAM : MEDICAL ENGLISH ROSA GONZALES LLONTOP N°03 INTEGRANTS : - CASTRO REQUEJO, BETO - FLORES HUACHEZ, DIANA - LLANCA BRAVO, LILYAN - SANTACRUZ CARRASCO, CARECA - SAYAGO GRANDA, LUIS - TAFUR MUÑOZ, DAVID
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The best nutrition is a condition necessary for economic growth and social
Malnutrition is not just a problem of people affected, also affects the whole society
CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION
INCREASED COSTSPRODUCTIVITY
SOCIAL INCLUSION ISSUES
ATTRITION
Neurological development
Acute and chronic
morbidityMortality Academic results
Malnutrition is a problem
ethical, social and economic
MALNUTRITION
poor school performance
Malnutrition in early life leads to permanent disorders
Malnourished children are more likely to become short
adults.
The growth retardation is linked with cognitive development, academic performance and
educational attainment.
Delay in growth during the first two years of life leads to low
economic productivity in adulthood
The rapid increase in weight after malnutrition increases the risk of chronic diseases in adulthood
Children with restricted growth
during gestation and the first two years of life and subsequently
Increase weight quickly are more
likely to have high blood pressure
Diabetes and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
as adults
Percentage of children
under 5 years
weighing less than the median
International population
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITIONis the
with a
of
840 million
people are
affected by
malnutrition
398 million are children
109 million people
suffer from food
insufficiency
230 million are stunted
50 million suffer from
extreme malnutrition
Chronic malnutrition in children under 5
years worldwide
PERCENTAGE OF MALNUTRITION AT VARIOUS COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
POLICIES TO COMBAT MALNUTRITION
The united nations general
assembly
UNICEF
In over 150 countries and
territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood
through adolescence.
UNICEF working
areas worldwide
Supports child health and childhood
nutrition, water supply and
sanitation, the provision of quality basic education for
all children and protecting children
from violence, exploitation
The convention on the rights
the child
Recognizes the right of every child
to a standard of living adequate for physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social, in
addition of course to recognize their
right to life and survival.
Millennium development goals(OMD)
Directed in the year 2000 by 198 countries
8 goals broken down into specific and measurable goals
to be achieved by 2015
Millennium development goals
ALLIANCE OF 1000 DAYS
Promotes action and intervention to improve nutrition of mothers and children during the period of 1000 days, ranging from pregnancy to 2 years old child.
Governments Join Private Sector and civil society organizations to promote and strengthen early nutrition policies in countries in development, unicef is a member of this initiative