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Slump pushes world hunger to 40-year high
(World health - EU Monitor 15/10/2009)
A combination of the food crisis and the global economic downturn has pushed more than 1 billion people into hunger in 2009, about 100 million more people than last year. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme said 1.02 billion people are undernourished in 2009, the highest number in four decades. The increase in the number of hungry people is due to high food prices %u2013 particularly in developing countries %u2013 lower incomes and lost jobs.
(Daily Express 29/09/2009)
A study by the UK-based Malnutrition Advisory Group found that at least two million people in the UK suffer from a lack of nourishment and malnutrition is under-recognised and under-treated. The condition can stem from common dietary choices such as eating too much junk food or trying to lose weight too quickly. Symptoms include tiredness, dry, scaly skin, swollen and bleeding gums, decaying teeth, lack of concentration, low weight, poor growth and muscle weakness.
(Daily Express 29/09/2009)
I used to eat meat but in 2005 I became vegan. I began to lose weight and after four months I'd lost more than two stone. I wasn't eating enough and wasn't making sensible choices. I was mainly having vegetables and fruit and sometimes canned soup but wouldn't touch things like seeds, nuts, wholegrains and pasta. I was beginning to feel increasingly dizzy and faint. I didn't even have the energy to wash my hair and wanted to stay in bed all day. The doctors said I was malnourished.
Fears raised as Lothians cases of malnutrition continue to rise
(The Scotsman 07/08/2009)
CASES of malnutrition are continuing to rise across the Lothians, figures have shown. Concern has been expressed after it emerged there were more than 450 admissions to local hospitals last year, showing a steady increase from previous years. Eight of those patients were under the age of 15. The Evening News reported earlier this year the extent of the problem of malnutrition in the Lothians up to the end of 2008, and since then the figures have worsened.
Packaging peanut butter as medicine could save lives
(The Scotsman 01/08/2009)
THE tiny child being weighed at a township clinic in eastern Zimbabwe has barely the strength to cry. Doctors here have long urged parents to add a tablespoon of peanut butter to porridge to stave off malnutrition. But handing out free jars isn't a solution: with 80 per cent of the population living below the poverty line, the peanut butter may be sold off or shared. The genius of Plumpy'nut is that it is packaged and promoted "as a medicine".
A billion to go hungry with food prices back on rise
(World health - EU Monitor 20/06/2009)
The number of people going hungry is set to top one billion a day for the first time. In line with other commodities, food prices are back on the rise. Combined with the effect of the credit crunch on poorer economies, the number of people without enough to eat will go up by 11 per cent this year, according to the UN. Jacques Diouf, director general of the UN FAO, said: "The silent hunger crisis - affecting one-sixth of all humanity - poses a serious risk for world peace and security.
(BBC 01/06/2009)
Anna Ford of British aid agency Save the Children describes the challenge of dealing with thousands of people displaced by fighting between the army and Taliban militants Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. "When you open the door the stench of stale breath and sweat is mixed with the heat. As it hits you, you can feel people's misery. They have lost everything and now they have to live in squalor."
Malnutrition death rate in hospitals has doubled
(The Scotsman 13/05/2009)
FOUR times more people are dying from malnutrition in Scottish hospitals than in their English counterparts, according to new figures published yesterday. Campaigners for the elderly criticised Scotland's health authorities after it emerged 110 people had died from malnutrition in Scottish hospitals last year - more than double the figure ten years ago.
Malnutrition affecting '3m in UK'
(BBC 10/02/2009)
People suffering from malnutrition - or at risk of it - in the UK stands at 3 million, experts believe. Researchers estimated that 93% were living at home or in sheltered accomodation, 5% in care homes and 3% in hospitals and other NHS settings - Elderly people, particularly those with long-term conditions, were most at risk. Brit Assoc for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition urged GPs to do more.
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