PRB 2007 World Population Data Sheet: Malnutrition is a Major Contributor to Child Deaths

Malnutrition plays a role in more than half the deaths of childrenworldwide. About 6 million children under 5 die each year of causes associatedwith malnutrition, which weakens immunity and leaves them vulnerable toinfection and disease. And overnutrition, which contributes to obesity and haslong been a problem in developed countries, is now a problem in manydeveloping countries as well.

The Population Reference Bureau will release its 2007 World PopulationData Sheet at a press briefing in Washington, DC. The Data Sheet providesimportant information on global malnutrition, as well as up-to-datedemographic, health, and environment data for all countries and major worldregions.WHAT: Press Briefing and Release of PRB's 2007 World Population Data Sheet WHEN: Thursday, August 16, 2007, 10:00 a.m. EDT WHERE: National Press Club, Murrow Room, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC SPEAKERS: Bill Butz, president, Population Reference Bureau; Carl Haub, senior demographer and author of the Data Sheet; Richard Skolnik, director of international programs; and Linda Jacobsen, director of domestic programs. Population Reference Bureau Inform. Empower. Advance. http://www.prb.org CONTACT: Ellen Carnevale of PRB, +1-202-939-5407, [email protected].

SOURCE Population Reference Bureau

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