Malnutrition Is Wrong

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As time has passed, world hunger has become an issue that seems to never go away. Overtime hunger began to decrease, but it is now on the rise again. Nearly 800 million people do not have enough to eat (Poole Kavana). The reason for this is not because the world produces too little food. It is because several families are living in poverty and cannot afford to buy the food being produced. Along with this, nearly a third of food produced is wasted. This issue results in the death of 12 million children each year (Poole Kavana). Part of the reason for their deaths comes from the problem of malnourishment. For every nine people, one of them is malnourished. Malnutrition is when there are not enough nutrients in a person's diet, which results

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