Sky-rocketing global food prices are disturbing the developed countries of the world but in the developing countries like India, Bangladesh and Pakistan things are getting bad to worse with every passing day.
According to a report of UNICEF, almost 1.5 million Indian children may become malnourished because of rising food prices worldwide. UNICEF also reports that high prices of food can become dangerous for vulnerable women and kids all around the South Asia.
The largest number of malnourished children, in the world, is already found in this region and there may be an alarming increase in their number in the coming days.UNICEF says that even before the present food crisis, signs of stunted growth were observed in almost half of all Indian children.
On Tuesday, Daniel Toole, UNICEF’s regional director for South Asia, told in the Indian capital, Delhi that it was a perfect storm; number of malnutrition was increasing in a region where they were already in majority.
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