Nutrition/ Malnutrition
I chose the Nutrition and malnutrition health topic. The nutrition and malnutrition topic is meaningful to me because I have many different children that has many different eating habit s. Parents have many different preferences for their child and as a teacher it’s important for me to explain to the parents the importance of a healthy and nutritious eating habit for young children. Malnutrition is globally the most important risk factor for illness and death, contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide; child malnutrition was associated with 54% of deaths in children in developing countries. Women and young children are the most adversely affected groups; one quarter to one half of women of child-bearing age in Africa and south Asia are underweight, which contributes to the number of low birth weight infants born annually. The information that I have read about developing countries and especially Africa because it seems as if they have the worst case for malnutrition is a wake up for how fortunate children in the United States are. From a personal stand one I think I will get a little more involved with donating what I can to organizations that are helping children and the mothers.
