Impacts of Undernutrition

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Impacts of Undernutrition

• Chapter 5

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I. Undernutrition, Menstruation, and Breast
Feeding

• Delayed Age of Menarche
• Breast Feeding as Birth Control

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II. Undernutrition child health

• A. Undernourished mothers are likely to produce
  malnourished babies
• 1. Low birth weight
• 2. 40 times more likely to die before their
  first year

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• B. Undernutrition leads to high under 5 mortality
  rates
• 1. Worldwide average (1999) 78 per 1,000 live
  births
• 2. Industrialized countries 7
• 3. Developing countries 85
• 4. Least developed countries 161
• (Sub-Saharan Africa)

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• C. Undernutrition results in a weakened immune
  system which leads to death from childhood
  diseases
• 1. Mortality in children (children who die
  before their 3rd birthday as a percentage) goes
  up as a childs percent of the median
  weight-for-age goes down (Figure 5.2-p.66)

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• 2. Table 5.2-p.68
• a. Percentage of infants who die before age 1 in
  the U.S. is 0.7
• before five .8
• b. Percentage of infants who die before age 1 in
  Sierra Leone 18.2
• before five 31.6

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III. Effects of undernutrition on
Intellect, Education and Learning

• Impact on Intellectual Development
• Impact on Educational Attainment

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IV. Effects of undernutrition on Labor
Productivity

• Childhood undernutrition results in smaller
  adults who can do less physical work who earn
  less money
• Undernourished adults are less productive when
  working and lose more work time to sickness and
  so have less money to buy food