Unravelling the Interplay between Culture of Poverty and Malnutrition in Pakistan

Abstract

This article examines how Pakistan's poverty and malnutrition cultures are connected. Pakistan is a developing country that has had incredible economic growth in recent years, but it still struggles with widespread poverty and malnutrition, especially among its urban and rural areas. This abstract, which takes a multidisciplinary perspective, explores the complicated network of socioeconomic variables, cultural norms, and institutional hurdles that degenerate the nation's poverty and malnutrition. It looks at how the interplay of historical, political, and cultural forces shapes people's everyday experiences and feeds the cycle of poverty and starvation in communities. Additionally, it examines how poor access to healthcare, education, and other necessities affects nutritional outcomes, emphasizing the necessity of comprehensive policy initiatives that address the underlying causes of poverty and give nutrition security a priority. This abstract highlight the need for comprehensive approaches to end Pakistan's cycle of poverty and malnutrition by illuminating these interrelated issues. This research is done in slum areas of Islamabad (H-9 and I-11) and Rawalpindi (Phir Wadhai), where people are facing issues of poverty and the culture of poverty. The data was collected from 130 respondents with a detailed discussion to find cultural practices and the effects of malnutrition in these specific areas.