Impact of Natural Disasters on Malnutrition by Claudia Cutler https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc Nutrition & Society Project en-us 2017-11-16 18:48:56 UTC 2023-03-28 00:10:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Impact of Natural Disasters on Malnutrition and Society’s Efforts to Combat This claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208223285 2017-11-17 17:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208223285 What is malnutrition? claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416483 Malnutrition occurs when the body lacks the right amount of protein, energy, and nutrients needed to endure physical and mental health.]]> 2017-11-18 22:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416483 How (scientifically) do you fulfill your nutritional needs? claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416506 Foods like vegetables, fruits, dairy, and meats contain the micronutrients you need to survive. These are the three most important micronutrients7:
Iron 
  • Prevents diseases like Anemia
  • Shortage of Iron will increase the risk of abnormalities in pregnancy outcomes
Vitamin A
  • Increases the body’s resistance to disease
  • Deficiency will likely cause blindness
Iodine
  • Deprivation is the main cause of impaired cognitive development
  • Lack of Iodine causes poor results in pregnancy for the mother and child
]]> 2017-11-18 22:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416506 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416798 2017-11-18 22:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208416798 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208492993 “More than 80 percent of the world’s most food-insecure people live in countries prone to natural disasters with high levels of environmental degradation.”1

]]> 2017-11-19 16:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208492993 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208493445 “By 2050, hunger and child malnutrition could increase by up to 20 percent as a result of climate-related disasters.”1]]> 2017-11-19 17:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208493445 A closer look in: Mozambique (Country in East Africa) claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208493621 2017-11-19 17:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208493621 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208494941 2017-11-19 17:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208494941 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208496068 2017-11-19 17:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208496068 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208496947 2017-11-19 17:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208496947 Works Cited claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208498729
  • 9 March 2015 — Photo© WFP/Matteo Caravani. “Eight Facts On Disasters, Hunger and Nutrition | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide.” UN World Food Programme, 9 Mar. 2015, www.wfp.org/stories/8-facts-disasters-hunger-and-nutrition. 
  • Blogger, By: Guest. “Join the Fight against Extreme Poverty.” ONE, 24 Sept. 2015, www.one.org/international/blog/6-steps-to-reduce-malnutrition/. 
  • “Current Situation.” Nutrition | UNICEF Mozambique, www.unicef.org.mz/en/our-work/what-we-do/nutrition/. And http://www.globalnutritionreport.org/files/2014/12/gnr14_cp_mozambique.pdf.
  • Kirk, Ashley. “World Hunger: What Are the Most Undernourished Countries?” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 10 Feb. 2016, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/12149887/World-hunger-What-are-the-most-undernourished-countries.html. 
  • “Malnutrition in Mozambique.” The Borgen Project, 10 Apr. 2015, https://borgenproject.org/malnutrition-mozambique/ 
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  • “World Hunger, Poverty Facts, Statistics 2016.” World Hunger News, www.worldhunger.org/2015-world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/.
    • ]]>     2017-11-19 17:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208498729     UNICEF helps solve malnutrition in Mozambique by: claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208501309
  • Promoting nutrition rehabilitation and treatment programs.
  • Establishing health services across the country that deliver nutrition services such as micronutrient supplementation, deworming, and counseling for infant and child feeding.
  • Supporting community-based nutrition interventions that help promote nutrition practices among households, correct infant and young child feeding practices, supply nearly 380,000 children the vitamin A that they need, and educate people on nutrition and breastfeeding.

    • ]]>     2017-11-19 17:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208501309     Organizations and programs that contribute to the solution: claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208507048
  • World Food Programme
  • Action Against Hunger
  • Global Alliance For Improved Nutrition
  • United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
  • Save The Children
    • ]]>     2017-11-19 18:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208507048     claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515508 2]]> 2017-11-19 19:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515508 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515615 4]]> 2017-11-19 19:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515615 How do natural disasters contribute to this issue? claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515793 Flooding, heatwaves, storms, forest fires, and other climate catastrophes negatively affect the supply and distribution of food and water in countries that are too poor to be capable of change.6]]> 2017-11-19 19:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208515793 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516113 3]]> 2017-11-19 19:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516113 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516233 "In Mozambique, an estimated 45% of deaths among children under-five is linked to malnutrition."
    "More than two out of five children under five suffer from chronic under-nutrition"3]]>     2017-11-19 19:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516233     claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516416 3]]> 2017-11-19 19:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516416 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516514 4]]> 2017-11-19 19:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208516514 claudiakc15 https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208518220 By Claudia Cutler]]> 2017-11-19 19:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiakc15/q1ox32vewdbc/wish/208518220