Severe Acute Malnutrition
Malnutrition In The Philippines – How Will World Health Organization Deal With It?
When you say malnutrition, it just means bad nutrition. Everyone who has bad nutrition usually does not have nutrients that a healthy body has. Poverty is the main cause if malnutrition because people are not able to eat the right kind of food they need. Lack of money means lack of food and lack of food can lead to malnutrition. Kids are usually the ones being affected by this condition, especially here in the Philippines. Some may just shrug off shoulders in this case but malnutrition is a serious national problem that should be solved in the nearest possible time. This condition can lead to death. But the big question is, how would WHO deal with this problem?
WHO together with the Department of Health, conducts a monthly “Operation Timbang” among the places that has a high rate of malnutrition cases. After weighing, kids 0 to 10 years old will participate in growth-monitoring program and supplementary feeding. The World Health Organization will make sure that various objectives will be attained like the following;
To provide an estimate of the nutritional requirements of children with moderate malnutrition, examining wasted and stunted children separately.
To formulate recommendations to improve the dietary management of moderate malnutrition.
Recommendations for feeding children with moderate malnutrition for the Codex Almentarius working group developing standards of food products for underweight children.
Currently, with the continuous help of the government and WHO, malnutrition cases decreased and this gave a positive effect to most of the children who participated in the program. Children can now have a full life without having to suffer from hunger and various diseases. Feeding them and giving them what they need is truly an important thing that everyone should. Parents must take the responsibility of providing them good food for their children's well-being. The WHO is
When you say malnutrition, it just means bad nutrition. Everyone who has bad nutrition usually does not have nutrients that a healthy body has. Poverty is the main cause if malnutrition because people are not able to eat the right kind of food they need. Lack of money means lack of food and lack of food can lead to malnutrition. Kids are usually the ones being affected by this condition, especially here in the Philippines. Some may just shrug off shoulders in this case but malnutrition is a serious national problem that should be solved in the nearest possible time. This condition can lead to death. But the big question is, how would WHO deal with this problem?
WHO together with the Department of Health, conducts a monthly “Operation Timbang” among the places that has a high rate of malnutrition cases. After weighing, kids 0 to 10 years old will participate in growth-monitoring program and supplementary feeding. The World Health Organization will make sure that various objectives will be attained like the following;
To provide an estimate of the nutritional requirements of children with moderate malnutrition, examining wasted and stunted children separately.
To formulate recommendations to improve the dietary management of moderate malnutrition.
Recommendations for feeding children with moderate malnutrition for the Codex Almentarius working group developing standards of food products for underweight children.
Currently, with the continuous help of the government and WHO, malnutrition cases decreased and this gave a positive effect to most of the children who participated in the program. Children can now have a full life without having to suffer from hunger and various diseases. Feeding them and giving them what they need is truly an important thing that everyone should. Parents must take the responsibility of providing them good food for their children's well-being. The WHO is