Thomson Reuters Foundation: Five in six infants undernourished, risk irreversible mental and physical damage — U.N.
“Five in six children under two years old in developing countries are not getting enough of the right kinds of food, putting them at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday. … Even in well-off families in developing countries, ‘far too many’ infants and young children are missing out, the agency said in a report published ahead of World Food Day on Oct 16…” (Whiting, 10/14).