The role of nutrition in economic development

Article Abstract:

Government focus on nutrition as a human right will also yield economic returns on such an investment. Developing countries are particularly struggling with an undernourished work force and economic instability. By reducing poverty and malnutrition in pregnant women and small children, productivity on a national level will increase. Otherwise, the consequences of early malnutrition, such as child mortality, delays in maturity, and severe infections, are likely to cause loss of productivity later in life.

Economic aspects, Economic policy, Developing countries, Poverty, Malnutrition, Nutrition policy

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Reproductive performance and nutrition during childhood

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Better nutrition during childhood appears to be associated with better reproductive performance later in life. Use of high protein nutritional supplements by girls in some Guatemalan villages appeared to be associated with greater height and weight in adulthood, better intellectual performance and higher birthweight and better growth of their children. Further research will be required to confirm and extend these results.

Reproduction (Biology), Reproduction

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Early nutrition and later physical work capacity

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Nutritional deficits in early life lead to stunted growth, impaired physical work capacity, reproductive performance, mental ability and other unwanted consequences. The relationship between impaired growth and later physical performance varied according to early nutritional status. Long-term access to high-energy, high-protein supplements produced consistently higher oxygen uptake in boys, but not in girls.

Physical fitness, Oxygen, Malnutrition in children, Child malnutrition, Oxygen in the body, Stature, Short, Short stature

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