Commonground
Senior Moderator
Sunday, August 2, 2009
According to a report by the Health Services Division and the National Council for Population and Social Development Service of the National Specialized Councils issued recently that 46% of Egyptian families are not good enough for the food and activity and the movement of mothers and children suffer from the inability to provide food for themselves by 35% of mothers and 53% of children, which is a the seriousness of them, especially as these groups are most in need of proper nutrition.
The report stressed that this figure was high if compared with those in other countries at the same level of human development, such as Mongolia, Morocco and South Africa.
The report also indicated that more than half of the sources of protein and energy obtained by the Egyptians came to rely on plant sources, particularly cereals. In addition to the lack of many important nutrients such as vitamins such as vitamin (a), which lead to a shortage in the body, many of the damage such as poor AIDS, increased exposure to infectious diseases, and dehydration of the skin and the weakness and imbalance in the growth and increased exposure to infections and certain types of cancer, in addition to a lack of iron in the body, thereby increasing the percentage of anemia, and anemia, as well as delayed physical growth and mental and motor agitation.
The malnutrition, according to the report, to increase the proportion of birth mothers of children under-weight, which is a reflection of poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy. In addition to causing an increase in the percentage increase in the incidence of stunting and wasting.
The report reveals that poverty is the main cause of malnutrition, deterioration of the economic situation suffered by the Egyptian citizen, which increased with the continuing price rises in prices and lack of access to food requirements for growth and energy was the most prominent feature.
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According to a report by the Health Services Division and the National Council for Population and Social Development Service of the National Specialized Councils issued recently that 46% of Egyptian families are not good enough for the food and activity and the movement of mothers and children suffer from the inability to provide food for themselves by 35% of mothers and 53% of children, which is a the seriousness of them, especially as these groups are most in need of proper nutrition.
The report stressed that this figure was high if compared with those in other countries at the same level of human development, such as Mongolia, Morocco and South Africa.
The report also indicated that more than half of the sources of protein and energy obtained by the Egyptians came to rely on plant sources, particularly cereals. In addition to the lack of many important nutrients such as vitamins such as vitamin (a), which lead to a shortage in the body, many of the damage such as poor AIDS, increased exposure to infectious diseases, and dehydration of the skin and the weakness and imbalance in the growth and increased exposure to infections and certain types of cancer, in addition to a lack of iron in the body, thereby increasing the percentage of anemia, and anemia, as well as delayed physical growth and mental and motor agitation.
The malnutrition, according to the report, to increase the proportion of birth mothers of children under-weight, which is a reflection of poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy. In addition to causing an increase in the percentage increase in the incidence of stunting and wasting.
The report reveals that poverty is the main cause of malnutrition, deterioration of the economic situation suffered by the Egyptian citizen, which increased with the continuing price rises in prices and lack of access to food requirements for growth and energy was the most prominent feature.
http://tinyurl.com/lzmsyr