Malnutrition in children is a great concern for health practitioners, mothers, leaders of government and NGOs. Nigeria currently has about 2.5 million children under five years suffering severe malnutrition.Majority of these cases are found in the Northern part with some states having about 50% of there children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition.
"Some 134
children on average will die every day from causes linked to acute
malnutrition if the response is not scaled up quickly," said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF regional director for Western and Central Africa, who visited Borno state.Read
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Malnutrition could start right from the womb if the mother has a low nutritional status, it could also be after birth, mothers are advised to practise exclusive breast feeding of children for the first six months after birth but some renege on this which could led to malnourished children.
After the first six months the child should be fed with three nutritious diets in a day with snacks in between.
Diarrhea in children could also lead to malnutrition.
Nigeria currently has a lot of malnourished children.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/nigeria-2-5-million-severely-malnourished-children/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/nigeria-2-5-million-severely-malnourished-children/
Nigeria currently has a lot of malnourished children.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/nigeria-2-5-million-severely-malnourished-children/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/nigeria-2-5-million-severely-malnourished-children/
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