What is hidden hunger?
Hidden hunger is a chronic lack of essential vitamins and minerals, with potentially devastating effects despite the fact that people often don´t realize they are suffering from hidden hunger. For example, a lack of vitamin A can impair the immune system and make children more vulnerable to diseases such as measles, diarrhea, and malaria. A fetus or infant that suffers from iodine deficiency may become mentally impaired. And lack of iron can cause anemia in women and children and mental impairment in growing children. Women who do not have enough folic acid are more likely to become anemic and to have children with neural tube birth defects.
