The Global Issue Of Malnutrition

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There are tons of global issues across the globe and many are talked about on a daily basis, which they should be. With that being said, there are some that are not discussed as much as they should be. Malnutrition is one of those issues. Malnutrition is the lack of proper nutrition caused by not having enough to eat, or not eating the right things. In this paper, I will explain why malnutrition is a very important issue, how it affects people across the world, and what can be done to alleviate it. Malnutrition is a relevant issue because it impacts people around the world. It not only affects people in America, but people in third world countries as well. Malnutrition claims the lives of over three million children each year and this occurs …show more content…

It is not a new issue by any means. As stated by Gerald Keusch, a writer at the Journal of Nutrition, the relationship between nutritional status and the immune system has been studied for a long time. In fact, history can be dated back to the twentieth century. There was not as much known at the time as it is now, but it was obvious that nutrition and health had a direct correlation between each other. There have been some efforts to try and stop world hunger and poverty, which are the two biggest causes of malnutrition, but nothing has been imminent. The issue has been addressed and somewhat pursued, but there has not been anything that would cause an end to malnourishment. As shown in a graph by Our World In Data, about a billion people were defined as undernourished in 1991, and in 2016 the number was only slightly lowered to about 800 million. This shows that efforts to help the cause have been minimal at best. While a sustainable solution has yet to be reached, previous efforts have made some way in helping out those who are affected by malnutrition. Global funding has been a big help. As Ander Crenshaw, a writer at The Hill, reported, 440 million children have been immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases since 2000. Also, child deaths per year have dropped from twelve million to six million over the last twenty …show more content…

The Copenhagen Consensus has come up with five ways that malnutrition can be fought and there are particularly two that I think would be the most effective. The first way is by micronutrient supplements. This is a supplement that contains the necessary vitamins and minerals in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This would be helpful for countries that don’t have many resources to get the food that they need. Instead of being undernourished, they could simply take something like a vitamin in order to get the amount of nutrients that they need. The other solution could be food fortification. This is adding essential vitamins to one's food to also ensure that malnourished people will get all of the nutrients that they need, similar to micronutrient

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