Western Cape ‘public health threat’ of childhood malnutrition should not be ignored

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Western Cape ‘public health threat’ of childhood malnutrition should not be ignored
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Beyond the conspicuous consumption flaunted by wealthy visitors lurks a deep-seated social and public health threat of malnutrition in children aged under five, stunting (chronic undernutrition) and child obesity in the Western Cape.

Beyond the conspicuous consumption flaunted by wealthy visitors lurks a deep-seated social and public health threat of malnutrition in children aged under five, stunting and child obesity in the Western Cape. ..From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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