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Effects Of Malnutrition In The Philippines

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INTRODUCTION

Poverty has always been a major problem in our country. But what really causes poverty? Why is it a problem in our country? The main causes of poverty are because of high levels of population growth or overpopulation, exposure to natural calamities, national debt, and social inequality or corruption. Poverty can result to low social mobility. Children who are born poor are most likely to be poor as well. And it can also result to the increase of engagement in violence or committing crime. It can also affect the child’s educational background and most importantly, the child’s health. Malnutrition is one of the effects of poverty. In Asia, more than 70 percent children are malnourished, 26 percent in Africa and 4 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Children are the most common victims of malnutrition. Base on the 2015 survey, 12.18 million Filipinos are poor. And according to Save the Children Foundation, 1 in 3 Filipino children are malnourished.

Malnutrition is a physical state of unbalanced nutrition. We have four types of malnutrition: undernutrition (low height for their age), wasting (low weight for their height), underweight (low weight for their age), micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies (lack of vitamins and minerals). According to my research around 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight and 462 million are underweight.
The relationship of malnutrition to socioeconomic.

Approximated 41 million children under the age of five

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