Yang Yuxin, president of the Chinese Nutrition Society, released "Top Ten Key Words on Nutrition in Chinese Children"

Since the reform and opening up, with the strengthening of national strength and the introduction of a series of measures to improve children's nutrition, related issues have been greatly improved. According to the China Health Statistics Yearbook,
china's under-five mortality rate
13.
2
per 1,000 live births in2012 was
13.2 per 1,000 live births, of which
13%
was related to malnutrition. At present, there are
40 million children
living in areas with special difficulties in the concentrated areas. Especially in poor rural areas,
more than 30 per
children are still suffering from malnutrition.Yang Yuxin, president of the Chinese Nutrition Society, pointed out that there are obvious urban-rural differences and regional differences in the nutritional status of children in China, especially in poor areas of rural children. Data from the Report on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases in China (
2015
) show that
the growth rate of children aged
years is
3
times that of urban areas, the rate of stunting and low body weight among children under

6 years of age is
2-3
times that of urban areas, and
1.5
times that of rural areas in general.
the 2010
National Student Physical Health Research Report shows that children in poor rural areas of China lag behind their urban peers in height and weight.same time, "hidden hunger", a micronutrient deficiency such as vitamins and minerals in the diet, is prevalent in poor rural areas, where poverty is the root cause of inadequate nutritional intake among children. The symptoms of "hidden hunger" are often not obvious and are not easily detected and paid attention to in a timely manner. Iron deficiency anemia can make a child's average IQ low
5-8
points, iodine deficiency can make a child's average IQ low
10-15
points, zinc deficiency can lead to partial eating, relapse stomatitis, sexual retardation, inattention and so on.In terms of nutrition and health education, the awareness rate of nutrition science among residents in poor rural areas of China is low, teachers and parents generally do not have the awareness and knowledge of nutritional balance, and food safety, poor rural areas, "three no food", "shanzhai food", "expired food", "spicy bar phenomenon" and other factors affecting food safety still exist, causing serious harm and hidden dangers to the health of children.not only causes the loss of nearly
4% of the country's

<3> <6> per year
, but also generates intergenerational transmission among the population, resulting in a vicious circle of poverty
-
malnutrition
-
poverty. According to a series of studies in The Lancet, an internationally renowned medical journal,
165
million children worldwide suffer from stunting due to malnutrition, leading to cognitive and physical dysplation of the brain and physical motor skills, which reduces their working efficiency as adults and leads to a new generation of poverty. Breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty through nutrition improvement shows the importance and long-term value of this work.