Nutrition for Pre-school Children in Africa and Asia: A Review Analysis on the Economic Impact of Children’s Malnutrition
Chukwuemeka Valentine OKOLO
School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3802-6305
Bartholomew Onyekachi OKOLO
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-1428
Nneka Nancy ANIKA
Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-8316
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/journal.502.2021.81.10.15
Keywords: Nutrition, Preschool children, Africa, Asian, Malnutrition, Economic growth.
Abstract
Nutrition is known to be the key driver in well-being and fitness generally, and as a driving force behind the growth of capital and child food, it is a source and a product of greater health problems, family income and living conditions. The first 1,000 days of maternal and child care concentrate on healthy physical exercise and cognitive improvement, with long-term health and economic consequences for people and economies. The research reviewed Nutrition for Preschool Children in Africa and Asia and illustrated the economic effect of malnutrition in infants. The review indicated that nutrition for pre-school children in Africa and Asia remains insufficient to ensure enhanced economic and human growth and that each nation needs to consider how money is to be invested through the assistance resources that help the least per cent of the population to fix this gap for children and make it the most efficient investment in society. Citizenship and collective efforts, particularly the voice of youth, are important forces of transformation, which must be encouraged to meet SDGs. Democracy campaigns can play a crucial role in the struggle for justice for children and the family.