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Malnutriton: Its Nature, Its Victims, and Its Eradication

Hunger is a global problem. Despite gains in eradicating malnutrition, percent of the people in the developing world continue to suffer from chronic hunger. Although world food supplies are adequate, factors that allow hunger to continue include . Infection, especially , rapid population growth and other factors threaten to reverse hard-won gains. The most critical nutrition deficiencies in today's developing world include . Fortification and supplementation programs are effectively attacking iodine and vitamin A deficiencies, but have less success overcoming deficiency. of the underlying causes of malnutrition must be addressed to reduce and eliminate these and other deficiencies.

 
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