Experts Say Many in Britain Malnourished
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LONDON -- It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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About a quarter of Britons may suffer from a winter deficiency of vitamin B which can increase the risk of muscle weakness, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer, health experts said on Thursday.
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JOWHAR, Somalia - Five months old and weighing less than 10 pounds, Shukri Mohammed stretched her tiny mouth to scream when a health worker measured her limp arm for malnutrition.
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Children from deprived areas are much more likely to have signs of tooth decay, official figures show.
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Undernutrition is to blame for 3.5 million deaths among children aged under five each year, but most of the fatalities occur in 20 countries, where targeted aid programmes could swiftly address the problem, researchers say.
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A suspension of government food handouts worsened malnutrition among thousands of Indians in southwestern Brazil, and at least two young children died, a leading human rights group said Friday.
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Many Britons are unaware how to follow a healthy, balanced diet, the official food watchdog says.
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India has higher levels of  malnourished children than Sub-Saharan Africa, despite the  Asian giant having more funds and better infrastructure to  tackle the problem, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on  Wednesday.
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The widespread use of the microwave may be to blame for the obesity epidemic, claims a UK expert.
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Children who have a poor diet are more likely to become aggressive and anti-social, US researchers believe.
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The dangers of child food allergies are overstated and cause UK parents needless  worry, a leading expert says.
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A new UK study indicates that many parents of obese children have no idea their offspring have a problem. Researchers based at Plymouthâs Derriford Hospital carried out a survey involving 277 children and
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Trauma and malnutrition leave many refugee mothers unable to breast-feed.
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A Chinese study has found that children from wealthy families are more likely to suffer bad nutrition than those from low-income homes, partly because they eat more fast food, state media said on Friday.
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More than 90,000 children in Scotland live in "severe poverty", according to a study by a children's charity.
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Allowing young children to become severely overweight should be treated as neglect, some doctors have told the BBC.
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New research discounts a common theory on why poor children are more likely to be overweight than children from wealthier families. Iowa State University researchers say their analysis shows that a lack of food isn't necessarily to blame, although they're not sure why so many children from low-income families are overweight.