"Gutom at Malnutrition sama-samang wakasan"

Theme: "Gutom at Malnutrition sama-samang wakasan"

Malnutrition is the condition that results from eating a diet in which certain nutrients are lacking in excess or in the wrong proportion.Hunger is the physical sensation of desiring food.

This years theme in nutrition Months is "Gutom at Malnutrisyon sama-samang wakasan".The theme talks about eliminating the hunger and Malnutrition in the world.Malnutrition and hunger is one of the problems here in the Philippines. Most of he people who suffers from malnutrition are children with ages of 10 years old and below.Malnutrition and hunger particularly common in rural villages where many people are unfortunate i n life .Poverty is the cause of  Malnutrition and hunger here in our country, because people are not able to eat the right kind of food they need in their body and they cannot sustain the right amount to buy some food.World Health Organization, an organization who helps children who are malnourished.This organization has the project called "Operation Timbang"  where they weight or check the weight of children with ages of 10 years old and below.

Malnutrition and hunger can cause death to people. The best way to prevent Malnutrition is by eating the right king of food you need in their body instead of eating useless food that cause sickness to our body.In order to prevent hunger we need to be more diligent and more industrious so that we can sustain the living of our family so that we no one will suffer from hunger anymore.