After Reading the Paragraph Below, Answer the Questions That Follow

question 85

Multiple Choice

After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.
Malnutrition can cause a variety of health problems, including being underweight, due to unbalanced or insufficient diet. It is estimated that in 2015, approximately 14% of preschool-age children globally will be underweight (WHO and UNICEF Joint Global Nutrition Database, 2011) . While this is a high percentage, it is a drop from approximately 25% just 25 years earlier.
Consider the data table below and answer the questions that follow.

-Which of the following regions has the greatest total percent decrease in estimated prevalence (%) of underweight preschool children from 1990 to 2015?

• A)Africa
• B)Asia
• C)Latin America and Caribbean
• D)Oceania

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