text: Hunger in Africa: the link between unhealthy people and unhealthy soils : The Lancet
  outline goes here The Lancet, Volume 365, Issue 9457, Pages 442 - 444, 29 January 2005 <Previous Article|Next Article>doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17834-9Cite or Link Using DOICopyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. Hunger in Africa: the link between unhealthy people and unhealthy soilsOriginal TextProf Pedro A Sanchez PhD a , Prof MS Swaminathan PhD bMalnutrition is the biggest risk factor for illness worldwide. Various dimensions of malnutrition (eg, underweight, zinc deficiency, iron deficiency, vitamin A deficiency) account for seven of the 13 leading risk factors associated with the global burden of diseases. 1 For both children and adults, malnutrition reduces the body's natural defences against a vast range of diseases. The death rate from diseases such as lower respiratory infection, malaria, and measles, which account for a large propo ...