Experts say many in Britain malnourished
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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 &#151; and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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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.
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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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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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A third of children aged under five in Myanmar are suffering from malnutrition because of the failure of the military regime to reform the country, the World Food Program (WFP) said.
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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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Children are likely to be  undernourished in households where women are denied a voice in  family decisions like doctor visits, food expenditures and  trips to see friends and relatives, says a report by the U.N.  Children's Fund, UNICEF, released on Monday.
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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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Nearly half of India's children are malnourished, putting the country in the same league as some of the world's poorest countries &#151; even though fewer infants are dying and more pregnant Indian women are seeing doctors, according to government data released Friday.
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Millions of people face starving to death after a drought in Afghanistan, the UK charity Christian Aid warns.
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Life & style: A government study says modern life has Britain sleepwalking towards an obesity crisis.
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One in six British households is living in fuel poverty, the highest for almost a decade
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ROME -- The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations estimated at more than 800 million people and rising, according to a UN report yesterday.
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Many of the world's poorest people are unable to get enough food because of soaring prices partly caused by the use of food crops to produce biofuels, the head of the U.N. food agency said.
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Â· Children's eating habits even worse than adults Â· Food-related ill health can cost NHS Â£6bn a year
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Obesity has been a factor in at least 20 child protection cases, the BBC learns, as some doctors view it as neglect.