Doctor Milton Tectonidis is a nutrition expert with Doctors Without Borders. He tells us that traditional methods of fighting hunger in children are not meeting their needs.

Milton Tectonidis医生是“无国界组织”中的一名营养学专家，他告诉我们传统的儿童抗饥饿法已不能满足他们的需求了。

Enriched flour or a mixture of corn and soy are commonly used to improve children's diets. But he says this kind of food aid lacks enough calories and nutrients to prevent malnutrition. The group is doing research in Niger. Doctor Tectonidis says this research has shown that ready-to-use food is more effective in keeping children from becoming severely malnourished.

强化营养的面粉、玉米与大豆的混合粉经常被用来改善儿童的膳食，但他认为这类铺助食品缺少能预防营养不良所需的热量和营养。该组织正在尼日尔进行研究，Doctor Tectonidis指出该研究显示，即食食品的使用对防止儿童发生营养不良很有效。

The World Health Organization estimates that 20 million children at any given time suffer from severe malnutrition. Doctor Tectonidis says only 3% of them receive ready-to-use food this year. Doctors Without Borders is urging donors, United Nations agencies and governments to increase support for ready-to-use food.

据世界卫生组织估计，在任何时候都有2000万儿童患有严重营养不良。Tectonidis医生表示其中只有3%的儿童今年会得到即食食品。“无国界医生组织”敦促捐赠者、联合国机构及各地政府增加对即食食品的援助。

In addition, Doctor Tectonidis says more research is needed to create new forms of it. And not just to help children survive and grow, he says, but even to support the diets of pregnant women.

另外，Tectonidis医生指出还需要做更多的研究来研发新的即食食品，这种食品不仅有助于儿童的存活和成长，甚至还能为孕妇提供铺助膳食。