Their 7-day-old baby boy, who was born slightly underweight and suffering from infection, had just died, after lying for hours on a cold cot.
Let's take early childbirth as an example: when the first child is born to a young mother (12- to 20-years old), the child is at a greater risk of dying before the age of five, being stunted, being underweight, and suffering from anemia.
The proportion of children suffering from acute, chronic malnutrition and underweight vary according to age group.
"The dolphins were underweight and dehydrated and suffering from ammonia toxicity after swimming in their own waste," said Juan Carlos Murillo, a veterinarian with the society.
Although the country has already achieved five of the eight Millennium Development Goals, including the goal of reducing the number of people suffering from hunger, nearly 17 per cent of its children remain underweight and up to 19 per cent suffer from stunting or low height-to-age ratio.
Malnutrition rates are high, with 46 per cent of under-fives underweight and 53 per cent suffering from stunting.
He was unable to play in the inaugural matches in 1994, suffering from a gastrointestinal illness that left him weak and underweight.
Being underweight significantly increased the risk of suffering from problems in all five dimensions of HRQOL for both men and women, whilst the magnitudes of ORs were consistently larger for men than women.
Jackson appeared so underweight that Senneff deduced he might be suffering from a chronic illness.
A 2004 nutritional survey identified 46 per cent of children under five in Ryanggang province suffering from stunting, 9 per cent suffering from wasting and 31 per cent underweight.
