Malnourished Children
• In the US: Fewer than 1% of all children in the United States have chronic malnutrition.
Incidence of malnutrition is less than 10%, even in the highest risk group (children in homeless shelters).
Some studies indicate that poor growth secondary to inadequate nutrition occurs in as many as 10% of children in rural areas.
Studies of hospitalized children suggest that as many as one fourth of patients had some form of acute PEM and 27% had chronic PEM.
• Internationally: The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 150 million children (26.7%) younger than 5 years in developing countries are malnourished based on their low weight in relation to their age. An additional 200 million children have stunted height secondary to poor nutrition.
More than half of young children in South Asia have PEM, which is 5 times the prevalence in the Western Hemisphere.
In sub-Saharan Africa, 30% of children have PEM.
Two thirds of all malnourished children in the world......
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