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Look harder. Stunting means malnutrition; starvation is not the only outcome of lack of food. "4) The prevalence of stunting in children - low growth for age -

• BurningFrog 10y ago
  Malnutrition in childhood also causes lower IQ for life.
• Chathamization 10y ago
  Malnutrition is a pretty different claim from starvation ("Let people starve", in the initial comment). I also don't see much evidence that rejected GMO food aid in 2002 (which the above comment talked about) has a big influence on the 2015 numbers. And worth noting, from your link: "More than 350,000 people in the country are food insecure" 350,000 from a population of about 14.5 million is ~2.5%. According to the USDA, "An estimated 12.7 percent of American households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2015"[1]. You can look at various articles on nutrition in the USA as well ("...only half of all children ages 2 to 17 meet federal diet quality standards"[2]). That's not to say that there aren't issues in Zambia, but I'd need to see more evidence to show that rejecting a specific aid package offered in 2002 (what was being discussed) is the reason for the malnutrition numbers you stated. [1] http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=79760 http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=7976... [2] http://blogs.usda.gov/2015/03/11/sound-nutrition-what-every-child-needs/ http://blogs.usda.gov/2015/03/11/sound-nutrition-what-every-...