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Nutrición

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Frequently Used Numbers for Nutrition:

• Child deaths per year related to undernutrition: 5.6 million (53 per cent of total)
• Per cent children under five in developing countries underweight: 27 per cent or 146 million (one quarter)
• Per cent of children < five in developing countries chronically malnourished: (stunting): 31 per cent or 170 million
• Per cent of children < five in developing countries wasted:  10 per cent or 58 million
• Decline in global underweight tallies since 1990:  five percentage points (33-28 per cent)
• Region with worst rates of underweight: South Asia:  46 per cent
• Deaths prevented by reaching MDG underweight target by 2015: 50 million
• Low birthweight:*  Babies born with low birthweight every year: 20 million
• Per cent of low birthweight births per year in developing countries:  17 per cent
• Per cent of low birthweight births per year in industrialised countries: 7 per cent
• Country with highest number of low birthweight babies: India, 7.8 million per year
• Per cent of infants not weighed at birth: 58 per cent 
• Exclusive Breastfeeding 0- six months:
• Global rates of exclusive breastfeeding: 36 per cent 
• Deaths that could be prevented by 90 per cent exclusive breastfeeding: 1.3 million per year (20 per cent of total))
• Per cent of babies receiving timely complementary feeding: 51 per cent 
• Decrease in odds of death in poorest settings: up to six times less likely to die 
• Iodine Deficiency Disorder:*
• Per cent of people at risk from IDD in 1990: 32 per cent or 1.7 billion
• Per cent of newborns at risk from IDD in 2004: 37 million
• Per cent of households using iodized salt in 2004: 69 per cent
• Per cent of newborns protected against IDD in 2004: 82 million
• Est. average reduction IQ from IDD: 13 points 
• Vitamin A Deficiency 6-59 months:*
• Per cent of children receiving vitamin A supplementation in 2003:  61 per cent
• Per cent reduction in risk of death from 2 doses vitamin A:  up to 23 per cent
• Est. children still at risk of vitamin A deficiency:  100-140 million
• Est. children in Sub-Saharan Africa at risk of vit A deficiency:  43 million
• Cost of two doses of vitamin A supplements:  four cents 
• Iron Deficiency (Anaemia)
• People worldwide suffering from iron deficiency: two billion
• Per cent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia related to anaemia: 20 per cent (approx 100,000)