Feeding Program Assessment on the Weight of Undernourished School Aged Children
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Rationale The World Health Organization cites malnutrition as the gravest single threat to the world 's public health. Improving nutrition is widely regarded as the most effective form of aid. And hunger is still an ongoing problem that affects more than 1.2 billion people today. The recent global economic crisis, fluctuations in food prices in 2006–2008, wars and political conflicts, and devastating natural disasters have deprived millions of people of access to adequate food. Most of the individuals affected are in the most impoverished regions of the world (Jomaa et. Al, 2011). Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess (too high an intake) ,or in the wrong proportions. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet. Extreme conditions of nutritional status such as under nutrition and over nutrition are nutritional problems of public health concern. Being underweight increases risk of death and inhibits cognitive development in children, leading to less fit and productive adults. Overweight and obesity is becoming a health hazard of equal concern since it has some deleterious effect on the health and work performance in later adult life.
At present, there are approximately 300 million chronically hungry children in the world. One hundred million of them do not attend school. And school feeding programs have been continuously gaining popularity in developing countries, mostly among those affected severely by childhood hunger and malnourishment. These programs aim to enhance the concentration span and learning capacity of school children by providing meals in schools to reduce
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Rationale The World Health Organization cites malnutrition as the gravest single threat to the world 's public health. Improving nutrition is widely regarded as the most effective form of aid. And hunger is still an ongoing problem that affects more than 1.2 billion people today. The recent global economic crisis, fluctuations in food prices in 2006–2008, wars and political conflicts, and devastating natural disasters have deprived millions of people of access to adequate food. Most of the individuals affected are in the most impoverished regions of the world (Jomaa et. Al, 2011). Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess (too high an intake) ,or in the wrong proportions. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet. Extreme conditions of nutritional status such as under nutrition and over nutrition are nutritional problems of public health concern. Being underweight increases risk of death and inhibits cognitive development in children, leading to less fit and productive adults. Overweight and obesity is becoming a health hazard of equal concern since it has some deleterious effect on the health and work performance in later adult life.
At present, there are approximately 300 million chronically hungry children in the world. One hundred million of them do not attend school. And school feeding programs have been continuously gaining popularity in developing countries, mostly among those affected severely by childhood hunger and malnourishment. These programs aim to enhance the concentration span and learning capacity of school children by providing meals in schools to reduce
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