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Shahnaz Parveen

Abdullah Al Sakib 1620832630

Rakib Mahtab Ali 1620949630
FARIA ADITI JAHAN 1620080615
JARIN TASMIN 1620445030
PREYATA
LAMIA BINTA HASNAT 1610570642
TASNIM AFROZ
 Malnutrition

What is the problem?

Malnutrition is a medical condition that results from eating a diet which

either have lack of nutrients or excess amount of nutrients that causes some
serious health problems. It covers two broad groups of conditions. One is
Under Nutrition which is due to eating less amount of nutrients.
Underweight, stunting, deficiencies of micronutrients and calories and etc.
are results of under nutrition. Other one is over nutrition which is due to
eating more nutrients than our body needs. The extra nutrients are stored in
the body which can cause diet-related noncommunicable diseases and
obesity.

What it does to your body:

Delays physical and mental development.

Makes our body vulnerable to diseases by dysfunctioning our immune
system.
Chronic fatigue which means being tired all the time.
Reduces lean body muscle.
Overweight and obesity.
Micronutrient deficiencies and underweight.

Magnitude of Problems of Malnutrition around the globe:

In 2014, 715 million people around the globe were undernourished

despite the fact that we had enough food to feed 12 billion people.
Half of the people suffer from malnutrition
10.4 million children under-5 die each year
53% of the children under-5 are underweight and 40% are stunted
 25% of women aged between 15-44 are unhealthily thin for their
height

Magnitude of Problems of Malnutrition in Bangladesh:

Children and Women are the main victims .

Bangladesh ranks 26th in list of most malnourished countries.
About 60% of all children under 5-year in Bangladesh are
malnourished.
About 33% of Bangladeshi adolescent girls are anemic and
micronutrient deficient.
About 37.6% of total Bangladeshis are either over nourished or under
nourished.

Increasing/Decreasing

Bangladesh being one of the Southern Asian countries has seen a reduction
in malnutrition in recent years. Bangladesh has had phenomenal
achievement in minimizing hunger. In 1990, almost two-thirds of children
younger than five were underweight, however less than one-third are today.
As of 2016, Bangladesh even received a special recognition award from
the UNs Food and Agriculture Organization for outstanding progress in
fighting hunger and poverty. However, national rates of malnutrition are still
high and stunting is a significant concern. It is distinctly harmful to
Bangladesh because around 6 million children under age 5 are stunted. The
rapid population growth and the demand for high and growing food poses a
difficult challenge given the finite availability of cultivable land in
Bangladesh. The reasons why malnutrition is still a growing concern is
because as of one, lack of access to food. People are too poor to afford food
and this may be due to insufficient financial resources. Secondly, diseases
can be a contributing factor. Illness and infections, such as tuberculosis,
measles, and diarrhea are directly linked to acute malnutrition. HIV and AIDS
has become a leading cause of acute malnutrition in developing countries
such a Bangladesh. A child infected with HIV is more prone to acute
malnutrition than a healthy child. Thirdly, lack of safe drinking water. Lack of
potable water, poor sanitation and dangerous hygiene practices increase
vulnerability to infectious and water-borne diseases, which are direct causes
of acute malnutrition. Lastly, climate change floods, cyclones, rising sea
level has reasoned for people to not being able to grow crops or raise
livestock which has caused a dramatic increase in people suffering from
hunger. Other reasons may also factor such as, economic conditions,
government influences, lack of health care facilities etc.

Solutions:

1. Encourage healthier food choices: The best foods are those that are full of
nutrients, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats. Help your
loved one limit his or her intake of solid fats, sugars, alcoholic beverages and
salt. Suggest ways to replace less healthy foods with healthier choices.
2. Encourage exercise: Even a little bit of exercise can help improve your
loved one's appetite and keep his or her bones and muscles strong.

3. Campaigns: To prevent malnutrition the first thing you need to do is let

everyone know about malnutrition and the best way to tell everyone is
campaigns.
4. Family Planning: Family planning can help to reduce malnutrition.
5. Less use of fertilizer: The farmers need to know that fertilizers reduce the
nutrition, iron and other important factors from food or the crop they produce
.
So they should decrease the usage of fertilizer.
6. Bring girls health into focus: Girls are the one who needs to be taken care
of. They are the most important person of a family. Their children's and
husband's health is related to them. So we need to bring girls health into
focus

Possible Recommendations:

1. Cereal production recently Bangladesh has made a significant progress

in cereal production.
2. Target pregnant woman- if we target pregnant and lactating woman they
can give birth to a healthy child.
3. Health worker- we have to work as a community so that we can take
proper care for those who suffer from malnutrition.
4. Adding supplement- we can add supplement in foods for more nutritions.
5. Motivate youth-we can motivate the youth to become nutritionist.

References:

http://www.who.int/features/qa/malnutrition/en/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/502760-how-does-malnutrition-

affect-health/

https://familydoctor.org/preventing-malnutrition-in-older-adults/4
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Malnutrition/Pages/Introduction.aspx