Malnourished Children Struggle to Learn

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/28/18550564-one-quarter-of-worlds-children-struggling-to-learn-because-of-malnutrition-study?lite

According to a charity, 1 in 4 children around the world are malnourished, and it is effecting their ability to learn.  They are much more illiterate than those around the world that have well nourishing diets.  This problem is also creating more child deaths, and is leaving less room for economic growth around the world.  There are 1,000 critical days where children need to be filled sufficiently--the beginning of their mothers pregnancy, until their second birthday.  This study focused on the countries of Ethiopia, Peru, India, and Vietnam.   Although the number of child deaths has decreased, and the number of children in school has increased in the recent years, malnutrition still poses a threat to these issues.