Impact of Nutritional Status on Economic Growth
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What is the main cause of hunger and malnutrition according to UNICEF?

  • Lack of awareness about nutrition
  • Limited agricultural production
  • Lack of access to food
  • Poverty, inequality, and misplaced priorities (correct)
  • Which term is used to describe a wide range of nutritional disorders from undernutrition to overnutrition?

  • Malnutrition (correct)
  • Malabsorption
  • Hypernutrition
  • Hypervitaminosis
  • In which regions is undernutrition primarily a major public health problem?

  • No specific regions
  • Middle-income countries
  • High-income countries
  • Low-income countries (correct)
  • What is the term used for the nutritional disorder that is causing concern in high-income countries?

    <p>Overnutrition (overweight and obesity)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Webb (2015), how should nutrition be understood in relation to sustainable development?

    <p>Both as an input to and an outcome of sustainable development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the hidden threat of malnutrition as discussed in the text?

    <p>'Invisible' emergency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which executive at UNICEF delivered a speech highlighting the consequences of malnutrition?

    <p>Kul C. Gautam</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we mean by overnutrition?

    <p>Consuming excessive nutrients beyond requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does malnutrition encompass according to the text?

    <p>A wide spectrum of nutritional disorders ranging from underto overnutrition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does UNICEF call malnutrition as described in the text?

    <p>An invisible emergency</p> Signup and view all the answers

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