What is/are considered important factor(s) that determine(s) malnutrition worldwide? a. Not enough personal income. b. Agricultu
ral technologies such as drip irrigation evening out extreme cycles of food production. c. Equal allocation of food to both males and females. d. DDT controlling disease vectors like mosquitoes carrying malaria. eco 190
Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition addresses 3 broad group of conditions:
undernutrition, which includes wasting (low weight-for-height), stunting (low height-for-weight) and underweight (low weight-for-age);
micronutrient-related malnutrition, which includes micronutrient deficiencies (a lack of important vitamins and minerals) or micronutrient excess; and
overweight, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some cancers).
In 2012, it was estimated that, using a poverty line of $1.25 a day, 1.2 billion people lived in poverty. Given the current economic model, built on GDP, it would take 100 years to bring the world's poorest up to the poverty line of $1.25 a day. UNICEF estimates half the world's children (or 1.1 billion) live in poverty.
A disease that is affecting too many people at a global scale is called a Pandemic disease and <u>one good example of this kind of disease is the Spanish Influenza of 1918 that killed around 50 million people</u>.
