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Malnutrition Can Cause a Variety of Health Problems, Including Being

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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 following data table and answer the questions that follow.

-Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean regions show a similar overall drop in estimated prevalence (%) of underweight preschool children from 1990 to 2015: 5.9% and 4.8%, respectively. In the year 2011, the population of Africa was close to 1 billion, while the population of the Latin America and Caribbean regions was closer to 500 million. Based on this population data, which of these two regions' drop in percentage is more dramatic, and why?

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