3.9m Nigerian children malnourished -Experts

An estimated 3.9 million Nigerian children are suffering from malnutrition in the form of wasting, experts have warned, raising concerns that rising food prices and poverty are undermining children’s development and threatening the country’s economic future.
They said the coexistence of undernutrition, overweight and obesity had compounded Nigeria’s nutrition crisis, demanding urgent attention to the economic and food-system challenges that prevent households from accessing adequate, nutritious meals.
The experts spoke at the 2026 Nestlé Business Journalism and Nutrition Programme, organised in partnership with Pan-Atlantic University for journalists, yesterday.
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