Tackling the many faces of malnutrition should be a priority
IF YOU happen to be sitting with two other people right now, chances are one of you is malnourished. And you might not even know it. Yes, that’s right: One in three people worldwide suffer from malnutrition, and it does not always look the way one might expect.
From the 2bn adults who carry too much weight to the 159m children with stunted growth, malnutrition takes many forms. As a doctor, I see women who appear healthy, but who suffer from anemia, owing partly to low iron intake. And I see relatively able-bodied men with big bellies, which elevate their risk for heart disease.
