The topic that I chose for this week’s blog is,
malnutrition. Health is the most important factor that a child must poses for
an optimal development. Without proper health care the rest is history.
The
country that I was interested on was Afghanistan. The rates are very impressive
and demolishing. In Afghanistan 60% of all children suffer of malnutrition. Children
between 6 months and 2 years old are part of the 50% who have anemia. This is
like a vicious cycle leading one thing to another. Almost 50% of women who aren’t
pregnant lack of iron, so when they become pregnant that deficiency worsens and
affects the mother as well as the baby. Malnutrition leads to poor development
of cognitive skills, schooling and productivity. As a consequence the work
force in the country decreases, which leads to the impoverishment of the
country, making it hard to provide enough health services for the people.
Malnutrition affects a whole nation, not only a few. This affects
my future teaching because if children are not well nourished their eagerness
to learn, physical activities, comprehension, social behavior, and cognitive
development in school, would be affected do to this devastating problem.
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It is very unforntunate that our children have to endure this. Malnutrition affects so much and should not be something a child has to worry about. This makes me want to give!! Thanks for posting!! :)
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