[imText1]1 out of 4 North Korean children aged 5 were reported unable to reach the average weight standardized by the World Health Organization (WHO), noting that a lack of nutrition is related to severe delays in growth and development. <\/p>\n
According to a recent report presented by Professor Yoon Ji Hyun and her team from Seoul National University, The Domestic Science Research Institute, the WHO standardizes the growth of a child up to 5 years as 14.44kg and examined that 27.1% of North Korean children are below this criterion. This is a high figure – 9 times greater than South Korea\u2019s, which was found to be under 3%.<\/p>\n
This study by Professor Yoon\u2019s team is a result based on the analysis of data from UNICEF, the World Food Plan and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.<\/p>\n
The rising percentage of growth deformity in North Korean babies and infants indicates a deepening problem. The percentage of underweight babies and infants aged 4~5 is 25%, and the percentage under-built is as much as 50%, which is a severe level compared to the range of South Korean babies and infants growth deformity rate. which is 3~10%.<\/p>\n
When analyzing height, the ratio of boys up to the age of 5 that do not reach the standardized WHO level (100.73cm), is no less than 53.2%. <\/p>\n
In particular, it was found that effects of boys being vastly underweight was severe. The percentage of infants underweight up to 6 months of age was 10.10%, \u25b3 children up to 3 years 28.7%, \u25b3 children up to 4 years 25.9%, \u25b3 and children up to 5 years 27.1%, with the gap between healthy and malnourished children widening with age. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, 30% of women in North Korea aged 20~34 who neglect children 2 years and under are suffering from nutrition deficiency themselves, a number which is 3 times greater than women in South Korea.<\/p>\n
In a telephone conversation with the Daily NK, Professor Yoon said \u201cThe condition of nutrition deficiency amongst North Korean people is caused from a lack of food\u201d and \u201cUnless the state of nutrition for North Korean babies, infants and mothers is approached politically, it will be difficult for the problem to be resolved easily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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