Allowing Sources to Speak

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Schmidt, Charles. "Beyond Malnutrition: The Role of Sanitation in Stunted Growth." Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 14 Nov. 2014. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. 

"It has become clear that nutritional interventions are only part of the solution to stunted growth. In countries such as India, for instance, stunting occurs even among well-fed children, and that’s led investigators to consider other causes, especially poor sanitation and hygiene"

Sanitation and hygiene are just as important as proper nutrition in making sure that kids grow correctly.

Countries like India have shown that maintaining a clean health style may be just as important as eating proper food if you want children to be able to grow as they should.

There may be a lot of reasons why children may be experiencing stunted growth, but not eating the proper nutrients and having bad hygiene may be the biggest reasons.

"2015 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics." Http://www.worldhunger.org. Hunger Notes, 24 Mar. 2015. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

"Children are the most visible victims of undernutrition.  Black et al (2013) estimate that undernutrition in the aggregate—including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding—is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011 (Black et al. 2013)"

Many children are left permanently damaged or perish from undernutrition.

Studies have been taken to show that growth deficiencies caused through a lack of nutrition can cause birth defects, stunting, wasting, and vitamin deficiencies and ultimately lead to death in children.

3.1 million child deaths, or 45% of all the children that died in 2011, can be traced back to health problems that were caused when the children's bodies could not get enough nutrients.

Humans are constantly in need of the proper nutrients necessary to keep their bodies working in a healthy and beneficial order, especially during childhood since its the time that their bodies also need to build the foundations that will support them for the rest of their lives. However, a large number of kids in impoverished countries cannot get the necessary foodstuff in order to do this. It is believed that "globally 161 million under-five year olds were estimated to be stunted in 2013" with half of all stunted children living in Asia (2015 World Hunger). This is an incredibly large number considering that's about half the population of the United States out in the world living their life with some kind of health deficiency and they're not even a few years old yet. These children will then go on and continue to grow despite having severe problems to their health and lead to complications later on in their life. While many humanitarian actions are being taken to help reduce the frequency and severity of stunted growth, there is still more to consider, for "It has become clear that nutritional interventions are only part of the solution to stunted growth. In countries such as India, for instance, stunting occurs even among well-fed children, and that’s led investigators to consider other causes, especially poor sanitation and hygiene"(Schmidt). In order to maximize the number of children that don't have to suffer from effects of stunting it is necessary to also maintain a certain standard of hygiene. This goes beyond just washing hands, but also making their environment safe enough to provide clean drinking water and to not make a potentially crippling disease such as dysentery or diarrhea easy to catch. To maximize the amount of children that are able to grow normally, there needs to be a dual effort to make sure they get the proper food and that they don't acquire any diseases that have negative effects on their bodies.