Hunger and Malnutrition: On the Route of Wiping Out

     What can you perceive from the picture? Does it whisper you something? Something that can make you say your piece on your concerns about an individual's lifestyle?
     We can see skinny, frail and power-hungry bodies. But what do they imply?
     MALNUTRITION. It is the excessive, insufficient or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. However, health experts say that a person may appear outwardly normal and fit but is actually malnourished.
    Malnutrition has long been recognized as a consequence of poverty. It is the upshot of marginal nutritional consumption ramified by infection. These are often caused by lack of clean water, food insecurity, lack of awareness on proper sanitation and lack of alternative sources of income.  It is also compounded by inadequate care, poor health services, and deficient environment. This phenomenon occurs because a lot of people especially those who belong to the marginalized sectors of society are not able to eat the right kind of food. Higher rates of malnutrition are found in areas with chronic widespread of poverty.
     While income is not the sum or total of people's lives, health status reflects the people's lifestyle. 
     Having a good health condition is an important prerequisite for escaping poverty. To combat these bad images of a person's lifestyle, a balanced diet that composes of many vegetables must be served to children especially in their growing years. I  believe that food, axis to the subsistence of every person on earth, holds the key to a real peace of prosperity. What healthier way to convey that understanding than by informing people the worth of spiritual equality and the gallant sharing of pure food? 

"It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it." -Nelson Mandela