Poor diets 'kill 3.5m children'
A third of child deaths globally are caused by poor nutrition, experts warn.
Around 3.5 million children die every year because of lack of food or poor
quality food, a problem which starts in the womb, studies show.
Yet 25 per cent of these deaths could be prevented with simple steps such as
breastfeeding and vitamin A supplements, the Lancet reports.
The majority of undernourished children and pregnant women live in just 20
countries across Africa, South Asia, Burma, North Korea, Indonesia.
A special series in The Lancet also reported that poor nutrition in infancy
leads to irreversible damage in later life.
A separate study found "convincing evidence" for several measures which could
have a big impact on reducing deaths if implemented properly.
Zinc and vitamin A supplements as well as encouraging women to breastfeed for
at least six months would cut deaths and the loss of years through disability
by a quarter, the researchers concluded.
But the international response to child deaths from poor nutrition has been
New data links poor nutrition to more than 3.5 million child deaths each
year--more than 9,500 every day
(dari majalah medical Inggris The Lancet)
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