The public health topic I choose
from the list above is malnutrition. Malnutrition means bad nutrition. I chose the topic malnutrition because there
are so many children in the world who are or have experience this type of
health issue in their life. Not only can malnutrition be a detriment to a child’s
health, but it can hinder their learning, growth and development. I believe children
should not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from each day of
their life especially; when they are trying to learn in school. I feel it is
the parent responsible whether to worry about making sure their child get the food
they need for nutrition of their bodies.
I have research the public
health problem of malnutrition in the Philippines. Malnutrition is the biggest
problem the Philippines is facing. In the Philippines over the past four years it
was reported that the number of children were reported to have been underweight,
due to the large increase in their food prices. In other words the increase in food
price made it difficult for the poor people in Philippines to eat, causing
children to be diagnosing underweight. In 2005, there were approximately 3.5 children
under the age of 5 years and under was reported to be underweight. Lack of
nutrition makes it easy for children to get infections, because their bodies
don’t have enough food intakes to keep them nutrition and their metabolism
built up. I believe it is essential in order
for children to be healthy they need the proper food intake, vitamins and the
adequate amount of sleep in their bodies on a daily basis.
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