Amusingly, while India suffers malnutrition, US suffers obesity
Underweight children remain a devastating problem in many developing countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malnutrition is the chief reason behind burgeoning child mortality, causing 2.2 million child deaths a year. Not only infant deaths, malnourished children even affect future generations. They grow up with worse health and lower educational achievements. It is not only because of shortage of food but is also often due to the lack of nutritive food.
According to the Global Hunger Index, South Asia has the highest child malnutrition rate of the world, where India alone contributes to around 5.6 million child deaths every year. Over 50% of Indian children are underweight, mainly due to shortage of food and ineffective delivery mechanism, which further make 7 million under the age of five severely malnourished; and other developing nations aren’t so different in that regard.
Developed nations, on the other hand, are fighting with obesity. As per WHO estimates, over 22 million children under the age of five are estimated to be overweight worldwide. In US, the number of overweight children has doubled since the past two decades.
Underweight children remain a devastating problem in many developing countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malnutrition is the chief reason behind burgeoning child mortality, causing 2.2 million child deaths a year. Not only infant deaths, malnourished children even affect future generations. They grow up with worse health and lower educational achievements. It is not only because of shortage of food but is also often due to the lack of nutritive food.
According to the Global Hunger Index, South Asia has the highest child malnutrition rate of the world, where India alone contributes to around 5.6 million child deaths every year. Over 50% of Indian children are underweight, mainly due to shortage of food and ineffective delivery mechanism, which further make 7 million under the age of five severely malnourished; and other developing nations aren’t so different in that regard.
Developed nations, on the other hand, are fighting with obesity. As per WHO estimates, over 22 million children under the age of five are estimated to be overweight worldwide. In US, the number of overweight children has doubled since the past two decades.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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