malnutrition

There's a glimmer of hope on Yemen's war front. Yet children are still dying of hunger

2:53pm September 14, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

In a hospital in the frontline city of Taiz, a woman tries to revive her malnourished baby with protein paste. The war-torn country is suffering through one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

A girl poses for a portrait in a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Dec. 14. As people flee their homes because of drought, famine and fighting, camps have sprung up this year around the Somali capital and other cities.

This is what displaced Somalians want you to know about their humanitarian crisis

1:02pm December 23, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Dusty camps of displaced people have sprung up on the outskirts of cities. They ran from their homes because of drought, famine and fighting that involves the militant group al-Shabaab.

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Two of the children who came for a meal at a soup kitchen in Caracas run by the charity Alimenta la Solidaridad. It serves about 100 people and operates Monday through Friday.

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Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat

6:29pm January 11, 2022

by John Otis

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

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Shaista sits in her tiny home on the outskirts of Kabul. Her youngest, a 3-year-old girl, sits on her lap; some of her other seven children sit beside her. Behind them, she is boiling a pot of water on the wood-burning stove. But she's told the children i

'I Cry At Night': Afghan Mothers Struggle To Feed Their Children In The Pandemic

1:43pm January 06, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.

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In 2019, 39.3% of people in Central America and 28.5% of people in South America reported moderate-to-severe food insecurity.

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Latin America Is Facing A Hunger Pandemic

11:13am December 09, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition are sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty.

A family sells pastries in Mexico City. As Mexicans' wages have risen, their average daily intake of calories has soared.

Malnutrition Hits The Obese As Well As The Underfed

2:05pm December 23, 2019

by Allison Aubrey

New research finds millions of people are getting enough calories but not enough essential nutrients. We asked leading researchers how to fix the problem.

In a growing number of low- and middle-income countries, at least 10% of children and teens are overweight.

Childhood Obesity Is Rising 'Shockingly Fast' — Even In Poor Countries

6:15pm October 17, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

A comprehensive new report from UNICEF calls attention to the surge in obesity in developing countries — even as they're dealing with children who are undernourished.

Renee Bach, 30, is being sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in Bedford County, Virginia, where she grew up.

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American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died

9:19am August 10, 2019

When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.

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Chickpeas, peanuts and bananas are among the ingredients that scientists use in a paste to help rehabilitate gut microbes in severely malnourished children.

A Mix Of These Foods Could Restore Healthy Microbes In Malnourished Kids

5:28pm July 11, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

A paste made from chickpeas, soy, peanuts and bananas is the result of years of work studying the bacteria that live in the human gut.

A new study points to the connections between climate change, lack of proper nutrition and obesity.

Does The World Need A New Buzzword — 'Syndemic' — To Describe 3 Big Crises?

4:08pm January 28, 2019

by Rebecca Ellis

A new report in 'The Lancet' uses a not-too-familiar term to describe looming global problems that appear to be interconnected.