Dietary Problems in Africa

Malnutrition is Africa's most critical dietary problem

Africa's Dietary Problems

In the continent of Africa, there are not a variety of dietary problems. Instead, there is malnutrition which is the major dietary problem that affects a significant amount of the people living there. Nearly 40% of children under the age of 6 suffer from moderate forms of energy-calorie malnutrition and almost 2/3 of preschool children suffer from protein-calorie malnutrition. Unfortunately for these children, protein-calorie malnutrition negatively affects the functions of their brains. There are countless other negative effects of malnutrition but just one of them would be that it weakens the immune system which augments the morality of illnesses such as measles. 

As Africa is a large continent, it would be almost impossible to solve the issue of malnutrition in all of it's developing countries. One possible but unlikely solution could be to simply donate all the food that is unnecessary in developed nations. Another potential solution could be to guide the developing nations so that their economies can begin to develop more quickly. The improvement in their economies would definitely allow the people of those countries to have access to more food.