UNICEF Report Reveals Shocking Cost of Malnutrition and Outlines Unprecedented Chance to Defeat It Chris Niles - UNICEF.org | |
go to original April 15, 2013 |
UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on a UNICEF report that highlights the extent of stunting among the world's children. (unicef)
Stunting is low height for age in children. In tackling child undernutrition, there has been a shift from efforts to reduce the prevalence of underweight – inadequate weight for age – to prevention of stunting.
There is better understanding of the crucial importance of nutrition during the critical 1,000-day period covering pregnancy and the first two years of a child’s life, and of the fact that stunting reflects deficiencies during this period.
The damage that stunting causes to a child’s development is irreversible. Undernutrition early in life has major consequences for future educational, income and productivity outcomes.
A new report by UNICEF reveals the high prevalence of stunting in children under 5, but also outlines the tremendous opportunities that exist to make it a problem of the past.
Read more at UNICEF.org
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