Consequences of malnutrition due to lack of energy protein in children

The article was consulted professionally by Dr. Phan Nguyen Thanh Binh – Head of Nutrition – Dietitian – Pediatrics – Newborn Department, Share99 Central Park International Health Hub.

Malnutrition due to lack of energy protein is an important issue for improving the health of children in developing countries and in Viet Nam today. This is a pathopathic condition according to the effects of infection, which occurs when the diet is poor in protein and long-term energy, which leads to physical as well as mental retness of the child.

1. Is malnutrition caused by lack of energy protein dangerous?

Malnutrition due to lack of energy protein is a very common condition in children in developing countries.

This condition is the leading cause of death in children: According to WHO (9/1980), every year in third world countries, there were 10.4 million children under the age of 11 months and 4.4 million children aged 1-4 who died, which 57% were due to energy protein malnutrition (the remaining 43% were caused by infections that were mainly diarrhea), that is, every minute 25 children < 5 tuổi bị tử vong do suy dinh dưỡng.

Malnutrition due to lack of energy protein makes children more susceptible to infections and worsens the mortality rate.

Malnutrition makes children less physically and mentally underdeve developed. The harm of malnutrition is aggravated if the disease appears at the time of inage, before the age of 6 for the brain and before the age of 20 for height. The degree of development retretness increases in parallel with the prolonged duration of the disease the most at the young stage with the highest rate of development. Intelligence is easily affected if the child is malnourished fetus and at the age of < 12 tháng, chiều cao thấp nếu bệnh xuất hiện trước 20 tuổi và kéo dài triền miên trong nhiều tháng, nhiều năm.

2. Consequences of malnutrition due to lack of energy proteins

Malnourished children present with physical and intellectual retretness: Children are too low, too thin for age, weak physical fitness, poor learning. The consequences of malnutrition are often i can not be overcome, with young children will affect health and growth, as they grow up will affect their ability to study and physical and physical labor as well as some chronic diseases in adulthood. If the disease is not detected and there are timely measures that can have many unpredictable consequences such as:

  • Physically

Nutritional deficiencies directly affect all body systems to reduce development, including the mscelecosis system, limiting the height of the child.

In addition, many studies have shown that malnourished, stunted children are at high risk of constant and repeated attacks by bacterial infections, even potentially dying from serious diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia, measles.

Adults who have experienced stunting at an early age tend to suffer from diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

  • Mentally

Stunted malnourished children tend to change social emotional behaviors such as showing indifference, or fussing, not being interested in fun activities, exploring life.

This not only limits children's interaction with people and the world around them, but also causes them to lose their ability to learn.

According to UNICEF, intellectual retest due to early-life malnutrition causes children to go to school later, losing 70% in scores, reducing their ability to study for life by 22-45%.

Stunting effects

Malnutrition is a consequence of malnutrition due to lack of energy proteins
  • Long-term implications

The development of perception is hindered, the underdeve developed stature seriously affects the child's ability to work later.

According to World Bank estimates, every 1% of the height decrease corresponds to 1.4% of the productivity of that individual, and malnourished, stunted children as adults earn 20% less than those who are not malnourished as children.

Malnutrition in children often has severe consequences. Recently, there is much evidence that malnutrition is at an early stage, especially during the period when the fetus is associated with all periods of human life. The consequences of malnutrition can last for generations. Women who have been malnourished during their time as young children or in their teens until they grow up will become malnourished mothers. At this time, malnourished mothers are often prone to giving birth to weak young children, low newborn weight. Most babies with low birth weight will be malnourished (mild or stunted) in the first year after birth. These children are at higher risk of death than normal children and are unlikely to develop normally.

3. Prevention of malnutrition

It is because of the serious consequences that malnutrition causes that prevention is important. Measures to prevent malnutrition include:

  • Nutritional and health care for pregnant and lactation mothers. Good management of pregnancy and care of post-birth mothers. Regular pregnancy examinations to monitor fetal development. Eat enough in both quantity and substance during pregnancy.
  • Breastfeed completely for the first 6 months, and last up to 18-24 months, at least 12 months. Breastfeed your baby on demand, do not be rigid by the time.
  • Take additional meals (eat miles, eat sam) appropriately.
  • Ensure adequate vitamin A supplementation for children and post-birth mothers.
  • Hygiene and prevention of worm infections
  • Organize education, nutrition counseling in the community and in families, monitor the growth chart.

Side effects of vitamin A?

How to prevent malnutrition is to ensure adequate vitamin A supplementation for children and post-birth mothers

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TS.BS. Phan Nguyen Thanh Binh has more than 15 years of experience in nutritional intervention, nutrition training and training, and has many scientific researches on the link between nutrition, lifestyle and health published in domestic and international scientific journals. Dr. Thanh Binh is currently the Head of Nutrition and Dietitian Department, Share99 Central Park International Health Hub.

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The article references the source: Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition.

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