Malnutrition is thought to be a factor in more than a third of all child fatalities, despite the fact that it is rarely mentioned as a direct cause. Malnutrition is commonly caused by a lack of access to highly nutritious meals, especially in the current setting of rising food prices. Malnutrition is caused by poor feeding habits such as inadequate breastfeeding, serving the improper meals, and failing to ensure that the child receives enough nutritional food. Infections such as diarrhea, pneumonia, measles, and malaria, which cause frequent or prolonged diarrhea, wreak havoc on a child's nutritional health.

Cause of malnutrition: 

• tiredness and fatigue 

• anemia 

• unintentional weight loss 

• depression 

• weak immune system 

• poor memory 

Children that are severely malnourished have slowed behavioral and cognitive development, which can lead to intellectual problems.
Even when not life threatening, undernutrition can have long-term consequences in children, with cognitive deficits and digestive problems lingering for the remainder of their lives in certain cases.

We should take action for kids who are malnourished, we should have multiple programs that cater to them, including feeding programs.