NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PEDRO RUIZ GALLO

COURSE:

Chiquinta Salinas

Christian

Carrion Arcela Fiorella

Custodio Ballena Spencer

Fernández Meza Mercy

Lizeth

Fernández Peña Daytton

Reyes carrasco Willian

INTEGRANTES:

MED I CA L ENGL I SH

PROFESSOR:

ROSA GONZALES LLONTOP

INTRODUCTION

• Nutrient intake can be restricted by age-related illnesses and conditions, excessive dieting, food allergies, severe injury, serious illness, a lengthy hospitalization, or substance abuse.

• About 1% of children in the United States suffer from chronic malnutrition, in comparison to 50% of children in southeast Asia. About two-thirds of all the malnourished children in the world are in Asia, with another one-fourth in Africa.

DEFINITION MALNUTRITION

• A term used to refer to any condition in which the body does not receive enough nutrients for proper function. Malnutrition may range from mild to severe and life-threatening.

Number of hungry people in the world

925 million hungry people in 2010

In round numbers there are 7 billion people in the world. Thus, with an estimated 925 million hungry people in the world, 13.1 percent, or almost 1 in 7 people are hungry.

FAO

FAO

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

AGAINST MALNUTRITION IN

THE WORLD

PMA

ONU