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Malnutrition

Malnutrition. ARIAtlas.org. ARI Deaths Attributable to Undernutrition. Source: ARIAtlas.org , World Lung Foundation 2010. Global Impact. Thirty-six countries are home to 90 percent of the world’s underweight or stunted children .

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Malnutrition

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  1. Malnutrition ARIAtlas.org

  2. ARI Deaths Attributable to Undernutrition Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  3. Global Impact • Thirty-six countries are home to 90 percent of the world’s underweight or stunted children. • As many as one-quarter of all deaths associated with acute respiratory infections in Africa and Asia can be traced to childhood underweight.

  4. Global Impact • Suboptimal breastfeeding is a factor in 44 percent of all ARI-related deaths in the first 28 days of life and in 18 percent of those deaths in children under five.

  5. Lack of food contributes to 44 percent of deaths from pneumonia among children. Causes of Death in Children under Five (2004) Shading represents contribution of undernutrition. Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  6. Actions That Make a Difference • Promoting breastfeeding, which provides essential nutrients in infancy, saves lives. Nutritional interventions have the greatest benefit on child health during the period from fetal development to the age of 24 months.

  7. Actions That Make a Difference • Taking zinc supplements routinely may prevent about one-quarter of the ARIs that occur in children under age five who are zinc-deficient. Direct research on vitamin D supplementation is not yet available, and vitamin A supplements, while important in early childhood nutrition, have not demonstrated a significant preventive effect on ARIs specifically.

  8. Actions That Make a Difference • The international nutrition community can support country-level efforts to combat malnutrition by gathering more evidence about programs that work, increasing targeted resources, providing direct nutrition services in emergency situations, and training more personnel.

  9. Most underweight children are in Africa and parts of Asia. Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  10. When food prices rise, more people go hungry. Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  11. Far less than half of children are exclusively breastfed in any part of the world. Percent of Infants Who Are Exclusively Breastfed until Six Months Old (2000-07) Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  12. Being underweight is a significant contributor to ARIs and other diseases. Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

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