Dr. Khawaja Masuood Ahmed shared the Nationwide Diet Survey 2018 (NNS) findings. The excessive prevalence of varied types of malnutrition is chargeable for the ill-health of the folks of Pakistan, greater than every other trigger.
In Pakistan, 4 out of each ten youngsters beneath 5 years of age are stunted and an estimated 5 million youngsters undergo from losing yearly. “And we all know {that a} little one with extreme losing is 8 to 9 occasions extra vulnerable to dying than his well-nourished friends. Over half of the inhabitants (amongst girls and kids) within the nation is anemic. One in eight adolescent women and one in 5 adolescent boys undergo from being underweight. On the identical time, the prevalence of obese amongst younger youngsters, girls, and adolescents is alarming,” Dr. Khawaja mentioned.
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