Malnutrition has been a major problem in Africa for a very long time. The nutrition that children and adults lack has caused many deaths over the years. Ethiopia, a country in Africa, has been known as one of the top countries in Africa with the highest malnutrition rate, especially children having the highest rate of malnutrition. Malnutrition in Ethiopia has been talked about for a very long time, but there really hasn 't been a solution to this major problem yet. There are plenty of reasons as to why children in Ethiopia have a higher chance to be undernourished. Two of these reasons is children getting intestinal parasite infections and another reason as to why children in Ethiopia experience malnutrition are that children and families
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Gondar, a town located northwest of Ethiopia, is one of the many places in Ethiopia to have parasitic problems that affect the nutrition of children. Researchers that have done a study in this area of Ethiopia found that students that were ages 10-14 , "Intestinal infections were higher among younger school children with lower body weight and height compared to those without infection," and, "parasitic infections such as soil transmitted helminthic-infections cause anorexia and poor absorption of nutrients and promote the deviation of nutrients to the organism’s defense mechanisms" (Bemnet et al., 2013, p. 4). From this study, the researchers concluded that children that were underweight and height had a higher chance of getting the parasitic infections; because of this the infections have actually affected those children to be under the normal line of being healthy which is calculated by the body mass index scale(measured in weight/height, kg/m2 ). The scale is set to "(BMI < 15.9 kg/m2), moderate malnutrition (BMI = 16–16.9 kg/m2), mild malnutrition (BMI = 17– 18.4 kg/m2) and normal (BMI = 18.5-25 kg/m2) as recommended by WHO [(World Health Organization)]" (Bemnet et al., 2013, p. 3). Compared to this article another article that has also done a research on parasitic infections has found that children that are in the 1st-4th grade in Adama, Ethiopia, also has a high rate of parasitic infection, but the main problem of being malnourished is not due to the infections. In fact, according to Reji, Belay, Erko, Legesse, and Belay (2011), though there was a high rate of parasitic infections the main problem for children to be malnourished was that families are very poor in Adama and that families in that area is limited to foods which is the main cause for the malnutrition among the children there. In Ethiopia, many children are malnourished and from that, many of which are
Gondar, a town located northwest of Ethiopia, is one of the many places in Ethiopia to have parasitic problems that affect the nutrition of children. Researchers that have done a study in this area of Ethiopia found that students that were ages 10-14 , "Intestinal infections were higher among younger school children with lower body weight and height compared to those without infection," and, "parasitic infections such as soil transmitted helminthic-infections cause anorexia and poor absorption of nutrients and promote the deviation of nutrients to the organism’s defense mechanisms" (Bemnet et al., 2013, p. 4). From this study, the researchers concluded that children that were underweight and height had a higher chance of getting the parasitic infections; because of this the infections have actually affected those children to be under the normal line of being healthy which is calculated by the body mass index scale(measured in weight/height, kg/m2 ). The scale is set to "(BMI < 15.9 kg/m2), moderate malnutrition (BMI = 16–16.9 kg/m2), mild malnutrition (BMI = 17– 18.4 kg/m2) and normal (BMI = 18.5-25 kg/m2) as recommended by WHO [(World Health Organization)]" (Bemnet et al., 2013, p. 3). Compared to this article another article that has also done a research on parasitic infections has found that children that are in the 1st-4th grade in Adama, Ethiopia, also has a high rate of parasitic infection, but the main problem of being malnourished is not due to the infections. In fact, according to Reji, Belay, Erko, Legesse, and Belay (2011), though there was a high rate of parasitic infections the main problem for children to be malnourished was that families are very poor in Adama and that families in that area is limited to foods which is the main cause for the malnutrition among the children there. In Ethiopia, many children are malnourished and from that, many of which are