Angela Onwuzoo Diet experts have said that social media is having a big influence on what people chose to eat, noting that online platforms are also fuelling wrong food choices by parents feeding children in Nigeria. The influence of social media on family nutrition, the experts said, is now increasing the cases of malnutrition which …
Diet experts have said that social media is having a big influence on what people chose to eat, noting that online platforms are also fuelling wrong food choices by parents feeding children in Nigeria.
They noted that the children of the poor are not the only ones battling malnutrition in the country, adding that the children of the rich are also affected due to the advancement of technology and the influence of social media on diet issues.
“Another aspect is micronutrient deficiency which is a hidden malnutrition having its own effects on growth and development. She stated, “Poor diet is robbing millions of children of their health, development and lifetime prospects, because every hour, almost 100 children under the age of five die in Nigeria. Left untreated, children with severe acute malnutrition are nearly 12 times more likely to die than a healthy child.Speaking further with, Asouzu said women, infants, children, and adolescents were particularly at risk of malnutrition.
“Children from wealthy homes are prone to sedentary lifestyles owing to the advancement in technology e.g. having to stay long at a place playing video games thereby having less time for physical activities/exercise, going to school by car to less than a kilometer distance, etc. “Childhood malnutrition, including overnutrition, increases a child’s susceptibility to several different infections and often delays recovery from these infections thus posing a large burden of disease in developing countries.
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