Nigeria, May 22 -- With the current economy of Nigeria, the health and social status of the common Nigerians is in a state of compromise. Food is the fuel source of the body; ingested food undergoes metabolism to liberate energy required for vital activities the body needs; hence, lack of food or adequate food leads to disruption of the body's metabolism, leading to health havoc such as wasting.

Malnutrition can be simply put as an abnormality of nutrients it can be further divided into undernutrition due to inadequacy of the right nutrients (1o) or the incapability of the body system to metabolize those nutrients (2o) and overnutrition which inconsequence is obesity and the former are Kwashoikor, marasmus and Marasmic which is commonly ...