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The Economic Burden of Malnutrition in Pregnant Women and Children under 5 Years of Age in Cambodia
- Source :
- Nutrients, Nutrients, Vol 8, Iss 5, p 292 (2016), Nutrients; Volume 8; Issue 5; Pages: 292
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Malnutrition is locked in a vicious cycle of increased mortality, poor health, impaired cognitive development, slow physical growth, reduced learning capacity, inferior performance, and ultimately lower adult work performance and productivity. The consensus of global scientific evidence indicates that lowering the rates of malnutrition will be an indispensable component of any successful program to raise the quality of human capital and resources. This study used a “consequence model” to apply the coefficient risk-deficit on economic losses, established in the global scientific literature, to Cambodian health, demographic, and economic data to develop a national estimate of the value of economic losses due to malnutrition. The impact of the indicators of malnutrition analyzed represent a burden to the national economy of Cambodia estimated at 266 million USD annually (1.7% of GDP). Stunting is reducing the Cambodian economic output by more than 120 million USD, and iodine deficiency disorders alone by 57 million USD. This economic burden is too high in view of Cambodia’s efforts to drive economic development. The government should rapidly expand a range of low-cost effective nutrition interventions to break the current cycle of increased mortality, poor health and ultimately lower work performance, productivity, and earnings.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Gerontology
Population
Developing country
lcsh:TX341-641
Human capital
Child Nutrition Disorders
Article
Scientific evidence
Demographic Health Survey
03 medical and health sciences
malnutrition
stunting
economic burden
Cambodia
2014
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomics
education
Productivity
education.field_of_study
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Earnings
business.industry
Malnutrition
Infant
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Pregnancy Complications
Economic data
Child, Preschool
Female
business
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....377b52608d42ea79dd2dc8082a311f47