Over 1,400 children in our country, aged up to five years suffer from malnutrition. The Ministry of Health data shows that last year, the number of little ones diagnosed with this disease increased by 12 percent compared to 2015.

More than half of these minors can not physically develop. The worst situation is in the central region of the country with 750 children.

In southern and northern Moldova are registered 267 and, respectively, 232 cases.

In Gagauzia, 34 patients were malnourished.