Ensure proper diet to Control Protein Energy Malnutrition?
PEM is preventable. It is a disease of the poor and the ignorant that suffer from social inequalities. Therefore, a holistic approach is necessary to prevent and control PEM. The most critical aspect is to ensure that the child is fed adequate quantities of diet containing all the nutrients daily. Therefore, the communities should be made aware that it is in their hands to ensure that their children and other members of the family consume adequate diets daily.