STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
What really instigated the study was the increased mortality of children under the ages of five (5) as a result of malnutrition; about 50 percent of the citizens in Nigeria are low income earners, it is evident from World Bank found that, from 1970 to 2000, the number of malnourished children decreased by 20 percent in developing countries. Some the other problems discovered are in the areas of lack of iodine intake by pregnant mothers before child birth, lack of minerals, calcium vitamins has seen to be a major clog on the wheels of child growth and development. In Nigeria today, there has been lack of nutritional education in most of the hospitals to educate pregnant mothers on how to feed before child birth.
1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The main aim of the research work is to carry out a statistical analysis of the prevalence of malnutrition on children Zero to five years. Other specific aims of the study include:
To examine the effect and causes of malnutrition among children from Zero to Five years of age
To examine the relationship between malnutrition and child mortality rate in Nigeria
To identify the strategies for reducing malnutrition in children from zero to five years
To examine the effect of parent income on child care and malnutrition among children from Zero to Five years old
To proffer solution to the above stated problems
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