Malnutrition in South Africa
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 119 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5093-8532-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2012 Global Hunger Index estimates that South Africa is ranked 9th in the world for highest hunger levels. 15% of South African infants are born with a low birth weight. 5% of South African children are so underweight they are considered to be wasted. Since the 1990's South Africa's malnutrition problem has remained fairly stable. It is estimated that South Africa loses about US$1.1 billion every year in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies arising from malnutrition, although it would only cost an estimated US$55 million to alleviate this problem through micronutrient nutrition interventions. The prevalence of malnutrition in South Africa varies across different geographical areas and socio-economic groups. There are certain factors, like a low-protein diet or a reluctance to breastfeed, that make certain South African individuals more susceptible to malnutrition than others. Malnutrition can cause several different health problems,...