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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Argentine children, malnutrition, food, meals

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Nursing

Abstract

In the 1990s Argentina was considered one of the ten richest countries in the world; in 2002, Argentina underwent a severe governmental crisis that resulted in monetary inflation and high levels of unemployment (Arie, 2002). The economy has made it difficult for many to afford basic essentials like food. This political and economic instability has been considered a key component to the now prevalent problem of malnutrition in Argentine children, especially of the rural provinces. Estimates of up to two million children in the country suffer from malnutrition (Arie, 2002). Government and Humanitarian aid organizations provide some meals to children with various programs such as Comedors, which provide children in many areas with one meal a day in the hopes of decreasing the number of malnourished children. However, for many children this meal is the only meal of the day and it often does not contain enough nutrients to maintain them. Thus the problem continues to have devastating effects.

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