Tony Okafor, Awka

At least 18 per cent of Anambra State children under the age of five suffer from stunted growth as a result of malnutrition, the Civil Society Scale-up Nutrition in Nigeria, Anambra State chapter, said on Friday in Awka, the state capital.

In a press briefing by the Local Working Group Coordinator of the NGO, Dr. Moses Ohamaeme, the organisation said a survey conducted in the South-East showed that Anambra State has the worst record in child malnutrition.

Ohamaeme said cases of malnutrition were severe among children with low milk consumption, whose mothers had limited knowledge of its importance.

He added that malnourished babies had a higher risk of dying in infancy and would likely face lifelong cognitive challenges, leading to poor academic performance and other chronic health problems.

He explained that malnutrition in children would manifest in the forms of waisting (low weight for height), stunting (low height for age), and underweight (low weight for age).

He said he wondered why this was so in Anambra State despite the abundant human and material resources available in the area.



http://www.punchng.com/18-anambra-children-suffer-malnutrition-ngo/

Lies from the pit of hell. When was the so called research carried out? Where and where dem reach? So Osun and Bornu states are better fed than Anambra? Joke of the century! Nonsense oluwole research.
Modified.
Mischievous OP has modified the post. Previous edition claimed ‘survey’ was conducted throughout Nigeria.

Why is poverty so prevalent in the southeast? Shame on their leaders

There are lies that keeps the devil flabbergasted & This Is One Of It..

This is what you get when you start feeding your child akpu and ukwu a day after birth.

Now they are quick to call it lies. If it were in the North now, they will so much believ it hook line and sinker...Hypocrites!

mrkayusfit:
Why is poverty so prevalent in the southeast? Shame on their leaders

Another Meniere Patient On Lose. Please can u tell us why northern nigeria remains the most impoverished region even after producing most presidents/head of states & owning 83% of oil blocs in Nigeria.



Stop carrying a bag of cement on ur head while typing

Hmmmm this is serious.

isbish:
Now they are quick to call it lies. If it were in the North now, they will so much believ it hook line and sinker...Hypocrites!

if Anambra state(south-east) children suffers malnutrition, what happens to the region that litres almajiri in every nook & crannies of it's state??


It will not be well with whoever that added water to your brain..

moneybag100:
This is what you get when you start feeding your child akpu and ukwu a day after birth.

too much consumption of gbegiri & amala has beclouded your sense of reasoning..

There is no need to try argue over anything.
The poster of this news is trying hard to give a particular region/state a bad name. That is the subtle intent.
But 18% is not so bad, we know that there are regions/states outside the south east with higher percentage (maybe even up to 40-50%) of malnourished children.

What I see here is a lesson to other states with higher percentages of malnourished kids.
If Anambra has over the years been able to reduce the percentage of malnourished children to 18%, it means that they can reduce it further. So other States with higher percentages should work at reducing their percentage also.

At least water is life and my brain will do good with a lot of it. That's just an article from Punch and u are here ranting like a Dog infested with Rabies. Everyhting is about North this North that and yet it is the same Almajiris, illiterates as u call them that rule you and make you guys shout marginalisation. Isn't it so shameful that these Almajiris and illiterates even deny you Biafra so much so that you cry everyday here that your region is forsaken? Dude, calm down. Don't let your myopic sense of reasoning get the better part of you. Take some water and cool your brain with it. Imagine a Brain devoid of water...it becomes dust left at the mercy of a gusty wind. #word! You are ur own enemy, stop looking beyond ur nose to see that ur enemy lies within!

BeeBeeOoh:
if Anambra state(south-east) children suffers malnutrition, what happens to the region that has almajiri in every nook & crannies of it's state??


It will not be well with whoever that added water to your brain..

Malnutrition is in all corners of Nigeria... but definitely, the South east does not have the highest percentage.

I cant believe this but if this true it can be related to unavailability of time because business every time every time. But sincerely northern children eat worse than any place í have seen. Even their rich don't know how to combine food.

isbish:
[s]At least water is life and my brain will do good with a lot of it. That's just an article from Punch and u are here ranting like a Dog infested with Rabies. Everyhting is about North this North that and yet it is the same Almajiris, illiterates as u call them that rule you and make you guys shout marginalisation. Isn't it so shameful that these Almajiris and illiterates even deny you Biafra so much so that you cry everyday here that your region is forsaken? Dude, calm down. Don't let your myopic sense of reasoning get the better part of you. Take some water and cool your brain with it. Imagine a Brain devoid of water...it becomes dust left at the mercy of a gusty wind. #word! You are ur own enemy, stop looking beyond ur nose to see that ur enemy lies within![/s]

Please Start Afresh..

BeeBeeOoh:
if Anambra state(south-east) children suffers malnutrition, what happens to the region that litres almajiri in every nook & crannies of it's state??


It will not be well with whoever that added water to your brain..

Read Neega Read Neega read. Atleast if you can't think straight read straight. Damn, stop advertising your ignorance at a discount.

isbish:
At least water is life and my brain will do good with a lot of it. That's just an article from Punch and u are here ranting like a Dog infested with Rabies. Everyhting is about North this North that and yet it is the same Almajiris, illiterates as u call them that rule you and make you guys shout marginalisation. Isn't it so shameful that these Almajiris and illiterates even deny you Biafra so much so that you cry everyday here that your region is forsaken? Dude, calm down. Don't let your myopic sense of reasoning get the better part of you. Take some water and cool your brain with it. Imagine a Brain devoid of water...it becomes dust left at the mercy of a gusty wind. #word! You are ur own enemy, stop looking beyond ur nose to see that ur enemy lies within!

Word oro nla. What baffles me is most is their inability to comprehend. The research is about kids below 5years and they are year screaming almajiri. I don't blame them since they either slept their way through school or bribed through.

AlPeter:
Read Neega Read Neega read. Atleast if you can't think straight read straight. Damn, stop advertising your ignorance at a discount.

Even from afar, you won't find it difficult to spot a bush-man from a bush area with a timid brain..

eleojo23:
There is no need to try argue over anything.
The poster of this news is trying hard to give a particular region/state a bad name.
But 18% is not so bad, we know that there are regions/states with higher percentage (maybe even up to 40-50%) of malnourished children.

What I see here is a lesson to other states with higher percentages of malnourished kids.
If Anambra has over the years been able to reduce the percentage of malnourished children to 18%, it means that they can reduce it further. So other States with higher percentages should work at reducing their percentage also.

Best post I see here...

The article is about children below 5 years of age and it's about breast feeding. Secondly the research was carried out in the SE meaning Anambra has the lowest In SE not Nigeria. Una no go school

BeeBeeOoh:
Even from afar, you won't find it difficult to spot a bush-man from a bush area with a timid brain..

dude go and read. Damn is it a difficult thing to do. Ehn, oh sorry you have comprehension issues.okay let me explain the post, Under 5years... Breast Milk... South East state... Do you get it now?

doublewisdom:
Lies from the pit of hell. When was the so called research carried out? Where and where dem reach? So Osun and Bornu states are better fed than Anambra? Joke of the century! Nonsense oluwole research.

if you no go secondary am sure you go primary oyah go back and read.

Yet we have billionaires buying & using money spraying guns, assorted cars, spending millions on a mere graduation ceremony....


Sad.

I ain't against enjoying your hard earned cash, but please put the less privileged into account.
They didn't choose their current economic state, the same way you didn't choose yours.
Time and chance just made it so.

wow. food don don ?

rose2014 pls tell us where u re from.

i dont like panama again.

quid pls re u still from anambra..
me am canadian now

Ejanla07:

quid
pls re u still from anambra..

me am canadian now

Indeed I have roots in Ojoto, although my previous generation lived in Ekpoma

chaii u mean anambra malnourished.
PhilemonObende wat do u ve to say as a yoruba muslim

quid:

Indeed I have roots in Ojoto, although my previous generation lived in Ekpoma

not good why ekpoma. have u been to anambra. i want to be from there

Ejanla07:



not good why ekpoma. have u been to anambra. i want to be from there

Its like you are related to King Jaja of Opobo.
Jaja was originally from Ama-Igbo

MayorofLagos:


Ohamaeme said cases of malnutrition were severe among children with low milk consumption, whose mothers had limited knowledge of its important.

This here is the cause of it.

mrkayusfit:
Why is poverty so prevalent in the southeast? Shame on their leaders

its high time NGO organization all over the world started feeding them before they turn to another somalia.

Entire south east is like a giant IDP

quid:
Its like you are related to King Jaja of Opobo. Jaja was originally from Ama-Igbo

i am related to jaja but i am not from opobo..