Malnutrition

Malnutrition has 6 main causes. These are poverty, improper health care, pre-existing health conditions, natural disasters, wars and addiction to drugs.  
Poverty is very rampant in our country. This is very visible in our country especially in the slums where people are poor and cannot afford to eat three meals a day. This leads to hunger which is considered to be the main cause of malnutrition. Malnutrition however, is not confined to poor intake of essential nutrients our body needs but it also includes excess intake of food.
Another main cause of malnutrition is the improper health care implemented in the country. The Philippines lacks the manpower to sustain a healthy and clean place for living in the country. Which leads us to having unsafe water and poor sanitation.
The third main cause of malnutrition are conditions that disables a person from taking in certain substances that are essential to the human body. Some examples of these conditions are lactose intolerance, which is the inability to digest dairy products, cystic fibrosis, which is a disease that stops the pancreas from producing enzymes that aids in digestion and lastly, Celiac disease which is an intestinal disease triggered by gluten.   hindi na didigest ung pagkain/hindi nkukuha ung nutrients ng food.(hindi enough ung nkukuhang nutrients.)
Natural disasters and wars are also considered as one of the main causes of malnutrition. Natural disasters destroy vast amounts of food supply and deplete the country of enough food for the population. Wars on the other hand, usually involve forcibly taking food from nearby residents affected by wars especially in Mindanao where the Philippine army is in constantly engaging the MILF.
Lastly, addiction to drugs is another cause of malnutrition in the country. People who have become dependent on drugs would usually deprive themselves of proper nutrition since they experience reduced sense of hunger. Furthermore, drug dependency causes them to perform... [continues]

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