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This paper discusses the impact of undernutrition on children under 5 in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the benefits of preventing undernutrition and its positive effects on mortality, morbidity, school performance, and economic outcomes. This document is useful for understanding the importance of nutrition in development and public health.
What's inside
- Impact of undernutrition on mortality and morbidity
- Effects of undernutrition on school and cognitive outcomes
- Psychosocial outcomes of undernutrition
- Labor force and chronic disease outcomes
- Economic impacts of undernutrition
- Benefits of preventing undernutrition
Who it is for: Students and researchers of nutrition, health, and development studies. (Postgraduate)
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Summary
Undernutrition in children in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa affects their growth and development. Good nutrition in early childhood can prevent disease, improve education outcomes, and boost the economy.
Undernutrition and child health
Preventing undernutrition in young children can reduce deaths and the risk of disease. Malnutrition increases susceptibility to infection and weakens the immune system.
Undernutrition and education
Linear growth in early childhood is linked to higher educational attainment. Studies show that stunting in the first 1000 days can affect schooling and cognitive outcomes.
Undernutrition and economic outcomes
Undernutrition can reduce GDP through lost productivity. It can also affect long-term health and economic prospects. Nutrition is key to realising the demographic dividend.
Nutrition interventions
Iron and folic acid supplements can reduce the risk of low birth weight. Other interventions may include improving water, sanitation, and health care. The benefits of nutrition for development are substantial.
Key terms
- Stunting
- Impaired growth and development due to chronic malnutrition.
- Wasting
- Low weight for height, indicating acute malnutrition.
- Linear growth
- Increase in height, used as an indicator of nutritional status.
- Demographic dividend
- Economic growth potential from a change in population age structure.
- Morbidity
- The condition of being diseased, or the prevalence of disease.
- GDP
- Gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced.
Questions this document helps with
- How does undernutrition affect a child's growth and development?
- What are the economic costs of undernutrition?
- How can nutrition interventions improve health and education outcomes?
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