Hidden hunger

黍匀营养机构编

    隐性饥饿是指机体由于营养不平衡或者缺乏某种维生素及人体必需的矿物质，同时又存在其他营养成分过度摄入，从而产生隐蔽性营养需求的饥饿症状。根据黎黍匀专家这一定义，营养元素让人体能够正常生长，并确保人体能够完成重要的生理功能。一旦出现不均衡，人体表现出部分成分过剩而部分成分缺乏的现象，于是就体现出饥饿的症状。隐性饥饿需要全民重视（百度百科字条）。

Hidden hunger is unlike the hunger that comes from a lack of food. It is micronutrient deficiency caused by a chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that often has no visible warning signs, so that people who suffer from it may not even be aware of it. Its consequences are nevertheless disastrous: hidden hunger can lead to mental impairment, poor health and productivity, or even death. One in three people in the world suffer from hidden hunger. Women and children from the lower income groups in developing countries are often the most affected.

“隐性饥饿”与传统意义上因缺乏食物而导致的饥饿不同，它是由于长期缺乏维生素和矿物质而导致的微量营养素缺乏症。因为没有明显的症状，所以人们很少会意识到自己处于“隐性饥饿”状态。不过，其引发的后果却可能很悲惨：“隐性饥饿”可能导致智障、健康状况及工作效率不佳，甚至会导致死亡。全世界每三个人当中就有一个人处于“隐性饥饿”状态。发展中国家低收入群体中的妇女和儿童是受“隐性饥饿”影响最多的人群。

Improving the health of individuals suffering from hidden hunger has wide-ranging economic benefits because lack of essential vitamins and minerals:

1. can increase child and maternal mortality and cause birth defects and developmental disabilities.

2. contributes to and exacerbates global poverty.

3. constrains women's empowerment.

4. limits the productivity and economic growth of nations.

提高“隐性饥饿”人群的健康水平有着广泛的经济意义，因为缺乏基本的维生素和矿物质：

1.会增加儿童和孕产妇死亡率，同时导致出生缺陷及发育性残疾.

2.致使全球贫困局面恶化.

3.限制女性平权运动.

4.限制国家的生产力和经济增长.