Tag: Gam

Over 45 million children suffer from wasting, a severe form of malnutrition, with Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) being a key indicator used to assess the scale of such crises. When seen in a health context, these acronyms have very different meanings than their original scientific definitions.

According to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), 45 million children under the age of 5 suffered from acute malnutrition in 2022, a condition often assessed using a metric known as Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM). This statistic underscores the urgency and scale of the issue. Global acute malnutrition refers to a population-level measurement used to assess the nutritional status of a specific group, typically children aged 6 to 59 months, within the context of a humanitarian emergency or food crisis.