Lagos Food Bank
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Type FOUNDATION
Website www.lagosfoodbank.org
More The problems of hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria are more widespread and severe now than ever before. It has been estimated that the percentage of Nigerian households that are food insecure has risen from 18% in 1968, to over 40% in 1998 and over 70% in 2003. The statics currently shows increase to over 80% in 2016 and 2018. Poverty, inadequate investment in the social sector, inadequate dietary intake, and disease have been identified as the major causes of malnutrition in the country. In the recent past, the extent of malnutrition has increased as a result of economic hardships faced in the country, making it one of the important barriers to development. It is not only the result of insufficient intake or inappropriate feeding practices but also a consequence of other conditions such as health and care. Malnutrition is manifested mainly as undernutrition of macro- and micronutrients, specific dietary deficiency diseases, and diet-related non-communicable disease.