Guatemal A Country And Poor Country - 871 Words

Guatemala is a beautiful, diverse yet small and poor country in Latin America. Because of its ongoing economic crisis, the country has reached a reality where, according to WFP (2016), Guatemala has not only the highest rate of malnutrition in Latin America, but also is considered the country with the fourth biggest rate of chronic malnutrition worldwide. This topic has an enormous relevance because as WFP (2016) mentions, the chronic malnutrition that kids from this country go though is what makes Guatemala be one of the 36 countries in the world that form 90% of the worlds stunting. According to Unicef (2016), the percentage of children of five years or less that are considered to be underweight is for 4 in every 10. It is astonishing to realize that it is nearly half of the infant population in the entire country of Guatemala that is undernourished. In the following paragraphs it will be examined questions involving the relation that mothers have with the under nutrition of the ch ildren and if past generations can influence under nutrition. Furthermore, it will be examined what is traditionally given to kids at a daycare. Is there a correlation between the relationships that mothers have with their children’s under nutrition at an early age? Can the current situation of malnutrition have been influenced by past generations? Under nutrition is not only considered to begin at an advanced age (5 years or more). It has been proven that infant malnutrition can begin even