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Food price rises could undo work to reduce child malnutrition, Save the Children warns
Half a billion children could grow up physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years because they do not have enough to eat, the charity Save the Children says in a new report !t says much more needs to be done to tackle malnutrition in the world"s poorest countries #he charity found that many families could not afford meat, milk or vegetables #he survey covered families in !ndia, $angladesh, %eru, %akistan and &igeria 'ne parent in six said their children were abandoning school to help out by working for food ( third of parents surveyed said their children complained about not having enough to eat
The survey was carried out in the five countries ) where, the agency says, half the world"s malnourished children live ) by international polling agency *lobescan
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! skip meals so ! can feed my +surviving, children ! borrow, ! even lie to somehow get money to feed them %overty breaks you down but you should be hopeful and strong.nd /uote 0elhi mother who lost two children to malnutrition
'Downward spiral'
9alnutrition contributes to the deaths of 2 4 million children each year, according to the report (ssumpta &dumi, a nutritionist who works with Save the Children in 7enya, told the $$C"s &etwork (frica programme that successive droughts are causing a downward spiral there;
5ustin Forsyth, Save the Children 67"s C.', wants a global "hunger summit"
1<hen another drought comes and livelihood assets are destroyed it becomes worse for families to be able to feed their children 19ilk is very important for families in north)eastern 7enya, so when livestock is lost they basically have no access to a protein source 1<e need to address the hidden hunger because it"s killing silently 1 Food prices rose sharply in the first half of last year, according to the 6&"s Food and (griculture 'rganisation =F('>, after severe weather in some of the world"s biggest food exporting countries in 2?1? damaged supplies #he F('"s Food %rice !ndex rose last month for the first time since 5uly 2?11, but was still 3@ lower than in 5anuary 2?11