Malnutrition in the Himalayan region of Nepal is a significant public health concern, particularly affecting children and vulnerable populations who often lack access to nutrient-dense foods. Although the condition has improved over the years, considerable disparities persist, with 60 per cent of people in the mountains and 53 per cent in the hills being food insecure, compared to 48 per cent in the plains.Recent studies show that Nepal has made progress in reducing malnutrition over the past 25 years, with child stunting dropping from 56.6 per cent in 1996 to 24.8 per cent in 2022. However, this improvement varies by income level. The poorest saw only a 19.7 per cent reduction, while the wealthiest experienced a 67.1 per cent decrease, indicating that low-income communities need more targeted help. Stunting (shorter height for age) affects 25 per cent of children under five, while 8 per cent of children are wasted (dangerously low weight for height) and 19 per cent are underweight.
https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/malnutrition-in-nepals-himalayas-women-can-help-resolve-it
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ANOTHER SHIPMENT 💔🐴 At 4:05 AM, another export flight of horses left the Winnipeg airport & is now en route to Japan for slaughter. With the windchill, it was -30°C, yet horses were left in crates on the tarmac for hours. Canada must END this now! #CdnPoli
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My battery is low and it's getting dark." These haunting words, sent from 225 million miles across the void, became the poignant farewell of NASA's Opportunity rover—affectionately known as Oppy—before it fell silent forever. Launched in 2003 and landing on Mars on January 25, 2004, Opportunity was designed for a modest 90-day (90-sol) mission to search for signs of ancient water. Instead, this plucky little solar-powered explorer defied every expectation, outlasting its warranty by a staggering factor of 55, roaming the Red Planet for nearly 15 Earth years (5,498 days / 5,352 sols). It traversed over 45 kilometers (28 miles), survived brutal dust storms, climbed crater rims, and delivered groundbreaking discoveries: definitive evidence of past liquid water, minerals formed in water, and hints that parts of ancient Mars could have supported microbial life.But in June 2018, a massive planet-encircling dust storm engulfed Mars, blocking sunlight for months and starving Oppy's solar ...
RFK Jr: Food is affecting everything that we do...if a foreign enemy or adversary did this to our country, poisoned us at mass scale, we'd consider it an act of war...
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