MALNUTRITION

[MAL·NYOO·TRISH·UHN]

Malnutrition is an imbalance between the nutrients your body needs to function and the nutrients it gets. It can mean undernutrition or overnutrition. You can be malnourished from an overall lack of calories, or you might have a protein, vitamin or mineral deficiency. You might also have more excess calories than your body knows what to do with.

Stunting Syndrome

We view this condition as a ‘stunting syndrome’ in which multiple pathological changes marked by linear growth retardation in early life are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, reduced physical, neurodevelopmental and economic capacity and an elevated risk of metabolic disease into adulthood. Stunting is a cyclical process because women who were themselves stunted in childhood tend to have stunted offspring, creating an intergenerational cycle of poverty and reduced human capital that is difficult to break.

DIET PREDOMINANTLY FISH & WHOLE GRAINS

DEFICITES OF VEGETABLES, GRAINS, FATS AND OILS FOR BOTH ADULTS & CHILDREN

SUGAR & GRAINS INTAKE ABOVE RECOMENDATIONS

FISH INTAKE EXCEEDS RECOMENDATIONS

MAIN CONCERNS REGUARD LACK OF CORRECT FOODS