{"id":611,"date":"2006-05-18T13:50:48","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2006\/05\/18\/unicef_25_of_wo\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T23:41:34","slug":"unicef_25_of_wo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2006\/05\/unicef_25_of_wo\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF: 25% of world children seriously underweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/media_33724.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">UNICEF \u2013 Press centre \u2013 A Quarter of the World\u2019s Children Seriously Underweight<\/a>  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cThe lack of progress to combat undernutrition is damaging children and nations,\u201d said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, speaking on her first anniversary as head of the global children\u2019s agency.  \u201cFew things have more impact than nutrition on a child\u2019s ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another snippet: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cDespite progress in some countries, developing-world averages for underweight children have dropped just five percentage points in the last 15 years.  Today, 27 per cent of children in developing countries are underweight \u2013 around 146 million. Nearly three quarters of the world\u2019s underweight children live in just ten countries, and over half in just three countries:  Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. These figures are just the tip of the iceberg, according to UNICEF.<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, so-called leaders in America obsess about the co-called War on Terror.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF \u2013 Press centre \u2013 A Quarter of the World\u2019s Children Seriously Underweight \u201cThe lack of progress to combat undernutrition is damaging children and nations,\u201d said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. 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