Nutrition based -disorders diseases Commencing in Childhood during Lockdowns
Food crises are resulting into disease burdens associated with learning impairment which sentence many villagers to a life they have to deal with. In COVID-19 it’s expected that learning impairments from nutritional disorders will increase.
Orange County, United States – February 17, 2021 /MarketersMedia/ —
( children are developing learning impairment conditions like chronic non communicable diseases because of poor nutrition that are their only choice which sentences them to a certain lifestyle)
* learning impairment linked to impacts of chronic non – communicable diseases
* children in the villages are the most impacted since they are predisposed to nutrients deficiencies which alter normal growth
* in COVID-19 era nutrients deficiencies related disorders are going to increase due to reduced purchasing power of many people
A World Food Program and UNICEF report is revealing that food crises have far reaching effects beyond hunger which results into disorders such as chronic malnutrition or undernutrition in children and manifests in teenagehood after impairing learning.
The report indicates that malnutrition is always present in children from age 5 upto 19 however evidence of malnutrition tends to manifest in children under 5 unlike those aged 5-19 whose evidence of malnutrition present in learning impairment later traced to nutrition triggered disease such as diabetes.
” Nutrition deficits and all forms of malnutrition are tragically common in children under 5, with 144 million stunted,547 million wasted,638 million overweight,7and 340 million suffering from micronutrient deficiencies in 2019 .Less is known on children in the 5–19 years age group due to the paucity of data. However, there is evidence suggesting various forms of malnutrition in children aged 5–19 . This evidence suggests that many countries having a triple burden of malnutrition with high levels of undernutrition, hidden hunger (e.g., micronutrient deficiencies), and obesity . In this triple burden, stunting highlights past deprivation and predicts future poverty, hidden hunger (such as iron deficiency) reduces children’s ability to learn, and overweight children experience reduced learning and suffer from type 2 diabetes, stigmatization and adult obesity ,” stated WFP & UNICEF report.
These problems are popular in rural areas where diets predispose children to micronutrients deficiencies which is further worsened with eating nutrient poor foods , highly processed foods, to a people who don’t engage in physical activities.
Most of these problems are reported from middle income countries who report a lot of nutrition triggered non – communicable diseases.
” In 2016, there were 74 million girls (4 per cent) and 117 million boys (12.3 per cent) aged 5–19 years suffering from thinness, while 124 million children were struggling with obesity . In low-income settings, monotonous plant-based diets comprised of cereals, roots, and tubers with limited animal-source foods remain common, especially in rural areas. This places children and adolescents at risk of poor growth and micronutrient deficiencies . At the same time, moves to energy-dense but nutrient-poor diets (e.g., highly processed foods, edible oils, sugar sweetened beverages) and decreased physical activity, especially in upper-middle-income countries, have led to sharp increases in the number of children in this age group overweight, obese or suffering from diet-related, non-communicable diseases ,” stated WFP & UNICEF report.
Food insecurity convert into crises that create nutrition disorders where there are problems in the environment such as reduced purchasing power and environment susceptible to diseases such as in conflict situation.
” Food insecurity rises dramatically in crises when poor households, who already spend as much as 78 per cent of their expenditure on food are faced with falling incomes, increasing prices and decreasing stability of food supply . The impact of crises on food insecurity may take multiple pathways .In health crises, as in conflict situations, the extent of the effect may be amplified by the prevalence of the disease or violence. For instance, in West Africa, the Ebola crisis increased food insecurity more in the regions with high pre-existing levels . Analysis of data from the Liberian Household Income and Expenditure Surveys from 2014 and 2016 shows that households with children aged 5-18 in counties with a high Ebola prevalence were more vulnerable in 2014 at the beginning of the crisis, accounting for most of the food insecurity in the country, and that this situation worsened post-crisis. By 2016, the counties with high Ebola prevalence accounted for an even larger percentage of the total households experiencing food insecurity in the country, even though overall, levels of food insecurity dropped in the same time frame . This suggests that the extent of the impact depends on how affected by a crisis an area is, but also on its pre-existing conditions ,” stated WFP & UNICEF report.
It’s predicted that in COVID-19 era malnutrition and undernutrition concerns are going to be increased because poverty has increased as well . This is because most people lost their jobs and sources of income.
Areas experiencing significant climate change threats are expected to be the hardest hit.
” As a global pandemic, the effects of the COVID-19 crisis will be wider than previous crises. The crisis is projected to create the first ever drop in the global Human Development Index, and estimates suggest that an additional 100-420 million people may fall below the US$1.90-per�day poverty line .COVID-19 is also expected to be a key driver of food insecurity and double the number of food-insecure people globally from 135 million to 265 million – including 74 million children – due to lost income and remittances . Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries and those that face multiple crises, such as extreme weather or pests (e.g., locust plagues) are likely to be the hardest hit ,” stated WFP & UNICEF report.
It’s noted that COVID-19 currently is impacting households in Ethiopia , Bangladesh, Senegal and Nepal where pre – COVID-19 food security had been a problem and incomes sources continue to decline.
” Further, it is projected there will be an additional 3.43 million stunted children as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis .Further, wasted children have a higher risk of death from diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria and measles and this will likely apply to COVID-related pneumonia as well . The concern is greatest in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where the prevalence of wasting ,” stated WFP & UNICEF report.
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