KATHMANDU, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Malnutrition is emerging as a major threat to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to Nepal.
As many as 41 out of 75 districts are reeling under acute food deficit and the rest have marginal surplus of 10 percent, thanks to poverty, says a Food Security Monitoring Task Force report.
According to Sunday's The Himalayan Times, 31 percent population lives below poverty line, 41 percent people consume less than minimum calorie requirement and more than half of the population can't find full dietary intake of 2,144 calories per day, mentions the report, adding Nepal suffers the highest malnutrition rate in the world.
Vice Chairman of National Planning Commission Jagdish Chandra Pokharel was quoted by the daily as saying that the micro-nutrient deficiency could not be abolished till 2015 which would make Nepal unable to meet the MDG.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-07/25/c_13413975.htm
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