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Malnutrition kills 5 million children every year  .... one child every 6 seconds.

Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Malnutrition

 

Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Malnutrition

Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Malnutrition

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This section contains practical and easy-to-understand information about the principles of healthy nutrition for the community at large.

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About Essential Nutrition Actions at Critical Stages in the Life Cycle of Women and Children

 

Good maternal nutrition during pregnancy promotes healthy weight of the newborn. Good weight at birth means increased chances for healthy growth.

Good maternal nutrition during breastfeeding promotes baby’s healthy growth.

Good nutrition from birth to three years is the most important foundation for baby to grow healthy and bright. After the age of two or three years, the effects of chronic malnutrition in your baby will be irreversible.

 

Deaths among children aged 28 days to 5 years - 6.6 million/year

 

Child deaths: Causes and epidemiological dimensions
Robert E. Black, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Full text at The Lancet


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01 November, 2009
 


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