GOOD STUDENTS GONG : PROSPERITY MASTER ESSAY

The Esteemed Global Founder Framers of The World Students Society avail themselves of the honour to nominate the following '' Angels '' to research and subsequently head global malnutrition :

1.  Esteemed Founder Sahar Khan - Canada.

2.  Aymah Naveed Querishi - Bahrain.

3.  Sahibzadi Armeen Harris [ LUMS ] - Pakistan.

4.  Nayab Kaleem Khan - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

5.  Hanyia Khan Hashmi Querishi - Europe  

6.  Student Qazi Ayaan Khan - Australia

7. Student Hazeem Khan [ Lahore School of Economics] - Pakistan.

'' Most Lovingly and respectfully : All of you have a complete blank canvas on ' Scope, Consequences and Solutions.' And Your accomplishments for this research will be published on Sam Daily Times. '' 

EVERY $1 invested in nutrition yields $23 in economic returns according to global studies.

This is particularly true when the investment happens early, from conception to two years of age, when the brain and the body grow at their fastest, requiring adequate amounts of essential nutrients.

The returns are real; they are seen in children who grow and develop. well, stay healthier, remain in school longer and grow into productive students/adults.

GOOD NUTRITION reduces healthcare costs, strengthening communities and drives. national  progress.

But the reverse is equally true - when this investment is missed, the costs are devastating, with inaction projected to cost $41 trillion globally over the next 10 years.

MALNUTRITION ROBS students/children of their potential and nations of their future. It weaken bodies and impairs cognitive development, locking families into cycles of poverty that can last for generations.

THE WORLD is off track to end malnutrition - a crisis that contributes to nearly half of all deaths among children/students under five and one in five maternal deaths.

IN India and Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, Myanmar and on and on one can go............ today - nearly 40 per cent, and in the poorest quantile 50pc, of students/children are stunted.

Stunting means a child/student is too short for their age, signalling prolonged inadequate nutrition,  which affects not only growth in length, but also long and short term health and development, and is largely irreversible.

And mind you, these risks are compounded in times of crises. Say, the recent flash floods in India and Pakistan illustrate how quickly climate shocks can undo progress; crops destroyed, livelihood lost and families displaced.

In such emergencies, women and children/students face the greatest burden - with disrupted access to food, healthcare and safe water, the dangers of malnutrition intensify.

This Master Essay Publishing continues. The World Students Society thanks Dr. Saskia de Pee, who is WFP's senior adviser on Analytics & Science for Food & Nutrition.

Mr. Nazeer Ahmed is chief, Nutrition Section, Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Pakistan.