A. malnutrition and undernutrition

To combat malnutrition.

The malnutrition rate and the child mortality rate have been reduced.

Indonesia recognizes the importance of strategies to combat malnutrition.

Many are malnourished or hungry.

A malnourished refugee during the Nigerian Civil War.

When the malnutrition became unbearable, people began to resort to eating cats.

This survey indicates global malnutrition rates of over 20 per cent and severe acute malnutrition rates of around 4 per cent.

Child mortality and malnutrition rates likewise improved.

Noting with concern the acute malnutrition that is associated with humanitarian emergency situation and the chronic malnutrition that impedes sustainable development,

Solving the malnutrition challenge would be a good start.

Fighting malnutrition is the first step toward reaching this objective.

Family life is, moreover, very difficult for women.

South Asia has the world s highest rates of malnutrition and the largest number of undernourished children, who have higher mortality rates, lower cognitive performance, and a greater likelihood of dropping out of school.

In Ethiopia, malnutrition has increased in certain parts of the country.

They still carry the scars of malnutrition, inadequate education and poor health.

For every person saved from malnutrition through climate policies, the same money could have saved half a million people from micronutrient malnutrition through direct policies.

Puerto Rico

It is caused by imbalanced nutrition or a lack of vitamins and essential minerals that enable the human body to grow and that maintain its vital functions.

This year, malnutrition will kill almost four million people.

The single most important investment, according to the panel, would step up the fight against malnutrition.

The majority of the world s malnourished children live in India.

In Toliara in southern Madagascar, a school lunch project is helping to fight the problems of chronic malnutrition.

To date, starvation has claimed the lives of more than 50 people in the town.

At the time of entry, 70 of enrollees were malnourished and poorly clothed.

Those factors had resulted in an alarming spread of child malnutrition.

Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday.

Besides the human suffering, the economic costs of malnutrition are huge according to the World Bank, countries where malnutrition is most prevalent lose, on average, between 2 and 3 of their GDP.

This reduction in the standard food ration has already contributed to the high malnutrition rates in parts of the country and the shortage of therapeutic and supplementary food has prevented an adequate response to the increasing number of malnourished children and women.

In 2007, 20.4 of children under the age of five were malnourished.

One child out of four suffers from chronic malnutrition, his or her growth stunted forever. How can we guarantee Haitian children their childhood?

The use of food micro algae to combat acute malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies and for sustainable development

Average malnutrition rates have dropped since last year, from 21.8 per cent to 11.9 per cent this year, with severe malnutrition rates dropping to 1.4 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in 2004.

The pattern of inequality with respect to global malnutrition resembles that of acute poverty, with malnutrition being more severe among the indigenous population and in rural areas.

There are now a number of nutrition programmes in place intended to deal with protein energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among children.

Regional collaboration will also be key to fulfilling our commitment to succeed in fighting malnutrition.

The issue is not severe and acute malnutrition, which hits populations suddenly, usually as a result of conflict.

The food aid situation remains precarious, with gaps in distribution and mounting malnutrition in the country.

Another activity to guarantee women's rights are the Legion of Good Will's day care centres and schools that prepare children to achieve their full potential as citizens.

Well, the World Bank estimates it would take about 10 billion dollars 10.3 to address malnutrition in those countries.

Malnourishment has dropped by more than half, from 35 of the world s population to under 16 .

Severe malnutrition in early childhood harms cognitive development.

Many North Koreans are already malnourished, their body weight and height substantially lower than that of South Koreans.

In several countries, including Mali, Mauritania and Niger, vulnerable populations suffered from severe malnutrition.

According to Jordan, malnutrition in pregnant women resulted in an increase in the incidence of low birth weight infants.