According to WHO report- globally in 2020, 149 million children under 5 were estimated to be stunted (too short for age), 45 million were estimated to be wasted (too thin for height), and 38.9 million were overweight or obese.

SAM increases dramatically with chronic poverty, lack of education among mothers, inadequate and low-nutrient diet, and lack of clean water and sanitation.

It can be a direct or indirect cause of child death by increasing the case fatality rate in children suffering from such common illnesses as diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, malaria and measles.

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