It is sometimes asked, why is it so urgent to intervene in a crisis? We must note, when the symptoms of hunger are already visible, it is actually already too late to successfully intervene. Media need a new perspective regarding hunger crises. They must inform more about the invisible hunger and nutrition problems before it is too late for the hungry poor.
The stories told above based on recent research can be interpreted from a positive or a negative angle: if nutrition deficiencies are addressed without delay early in life, there are chances for good outcomes; the flip side of this is: if nutrition is impaired by a crisis early in life even briefly, the long term consequences are severe. Therefore more sense of urgency is needed to prevent such consequences. The hungry poor have no time to wait.

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