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A recent study carried out on behalf of a UK charity organization shows that Nigeria ranks along with India, Bangladesh, Peru and Pakistan as countries where half of the world's most malnourished children live.
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Chronic malnutrition, a deadly and widespread crisis largely overlooked in the face of food scarcity, currently impacts one in four children across the globe and places almost half a billion children at risk of permanent damage within the next 15 years.
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The UN agricultural agency on Monday said famine conditions have spread to a sixth area in Somalia and the growing food crisis in the Horn of Africa could put another 750,000 people at risk of “imminent starvation” within the next four months.
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Rich nations such as the United States of offloading food it would not feed its own children to poorer countries as food aid, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said.
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Malnutrition and iron deficiency among schoolchildren in developing countries could be reduced by serving up generous portions of delicious, bargain-priced snail pie and other handy beef alternatives.
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Next time you're settling in for a nice hot cuppa', you may not want to think about this story. It might turn your cozy tea experience into a bit of a fright.
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According to UNICEF, approximately 200 million children suffer from stunted growth due to hunger - but rich nations are struggling with the epidemic of obesity.
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Private companies want to edge into the market of providing nutrients to the world's hungry, and fortifying chewing gum with micronutrients is seen as one way to get a foothold on a huge market.
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Their skin is taunt, bones visible. They are 46% of the children living in India. Starving in a country that is seeing an economy boom.
UNICEF is now getting their plight out in the open. Hopefully it will spark a reversal of these young ones fate.
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In the small country of Malawi, malnutrition is rampant.
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 Five children around the world die every minute because of chronic malnutrition, according to a new report.
More than half of the population Tajikistan lives below the poverty line and malnutrition is the cause of a third of child mortality.
Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
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