Finding New Ways to Feed the World's Hungry Children (2/2)

Doctor Milton Tectonidis is a nutrition expert with Doctors Without Borders. He tells us that traditional methods of fighting hunger in children are not meeting their needs.

Enriched flour or a mixture of corn and soy are commonly used to improve children's diets. But he says this kind of food aid lacks enough calories and nutrients to prevent malnutrition. The group is doing research in Niger. Doctor Tectonidis says this research has shown that ready-to-use food is more effective in keeping children from becoming severely malnourished.

The World Health Organization estimates that twenty million children at any given time suffer from severe malnutrition. Doctor Tectonidis says only three percent of them will receive ready-to-use-food this year. Doctors Without Borders is urging donors, United Nations agencies and governments to increase support for ready-to-use food.

In addition, Doctor Tectonidis says more research is needed to create new forms of it. And not just to help children survive and grow, he says, but even to support the diets of pregnant women.

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米尔顿.特克托尼狄斯医生是无国界医生组织中一位营养学专家。他告诉我们用于对抗儿童饥饿的传统方法已经不能满足他们的需要。

营养面粉或玉米大豆混合物常被用于改善儿童膳食。但是，他说这类辅助食品缺少预防营养不良所需的卡路里和营养物质。该组织正在尼日尔进行研究。特克托尼狄斯医生说该研究显示，用即食食品防止儿童发生严重营养不良更为有效。

世界卫生组织估计无论何时都有2000万名严重营养不良的儿童。特克托尼狄斯医生说，今年，他们中仅有3%的儿童可获得即食食品。无国界医生督促捐赠者、联合国机构以及政府增加对即食食品的资助。

此外，特克托尼狄斯医生认为需要进行更多的研究以建立这种食品新形式。他说，这不仅是为了帮助儿童生存和成长，其甚至可作补充孕期妇女的食品。