Global Health final exam with verified
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malnutrition and impact on health - correct answer ✔✔Lack of proper nutrition, whether too little, too
much, or the wrong kind
undernourished - correct answer ✔✔having insufficient food or other substances for good health and
condition
Underweight - correct answer ✔✔below the standard weight range for your height
overweight/obese - correct answer ✔✔refers to those who are nourished to the point of being too
heavy for their height or age
BMI - correct answer ✔✔a measure of body weight relative to height (body mass index)
wasted - correct answer ✔✔weakened; feeble; worn away
stunted - correct answer ✔✔slowed or stopped abnormally in growth or development
Micronutrients - correct answer ✔✔vitamins, minerals, water
Common micronutrient deficiencies - correct answer ✔✔vitamin A, iodine, iron, zinc, folate
Solving Micronutrient Deficiencies - correct answer ✔✔provide foods fortified with micro- nutrients (2-
3). Fortified foods, such as corn-soya blend, biscuits, vegetable oil enriched with vitamin A, and iodized
salt, are usually provided as part of food rations during emergencies.
, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) - correct answer ✔✔highly caloric food products offering
carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and micronutrients in a soft-textured paste used to promote rapid weight
gain in malnourished people, particularly children
severe acute malnutrition - correct answer ✔✔Lack of nutritious food that causes tissue wasting and
stunted growth, impairs brain development, diminishes work capacity, and perpetuates poverty within
communities
distribution economics - correct answer ✔✔specifically considers how products get from where they are
manufactured to where they are purchased
School Feeding Programs - correct answer ✔✔provide meals, such as breakfast and/or lunch, to children
at school.
communicable diseases - correct answer ✔✔illnesses that are easily passed from one person to another
Pathogen - correct answer ✔✔a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
Example: Campylobacter.,Clostridium perfringens,
E. coli, Listeria, Norovirus, Salmonella.
Acute vs. Chronic - correct answer ✔✔new onset vs. long standing
Virulence - correct answer ✔✔ability to produce disease
person to person transmission - correct answer ✔✔an infection can be passed from one to the other by
physical contact.
Fomites - correct answer ✔✔any substance or object that adheres to and transmits infectious material
common vehicle transmission - correct answer ✔✔transmission by means of contaminated items such
as food, water, medications, devices, and equipment
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malnutrition and impact on health - correct answer ✔✔Lack of proper nutrition, whether too little, too
much, or the wrong kind
undernourished - correct answer ✔✔having insufficient food or other substances for good health and
condition
Underweight - correct answer ✔✔below the standard weight range for your height
overweight/obese - correct answer ✔✔refers to those who are nourished to the point of being too
heavy for their height or age
BMI - correct answer ✔✔a measure of body weight relative to height (body mass index)
wasted - correct answer ✔✔weakened; feeble; worn away
stunted - correct answer ✔✔slowed or stopped abnormally in growth or development
Micronutrients - correct answer ✔✔vitamins, minerals, water
Common micronutrient deficiencies - correct answer ✔✔vitamin A, iodine, iron, zinc, folate
Solving Micronutrient Deficiencies - correct answer ✔✔provide foods fortified with micro- nutrients (2-
3). Fortified foods, such as corn-soya blend, biscuits, vegetable oil enriched with vitamin A, and iodized
salt, are usually provided as part of food rations during emergencies.
, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) - correct answer ✔✔highly caloric food products offering
carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and micronutrients in a soft-textured paste used to promote rapid weight
gain in malnourished people, particularly children
severe acute malnutrition - correct answer ✔✔Lack of nutritious food that causes tissue wasting and
stunted growth, impairs brain development, diminishes work capacity, and perpetuates poverty within
communities
distribution economics - correct answer ✔✔specifically considers how products get from where they are
manufactured to where they are purchased
School Feeding Programs - correct answer ✔✔provide meals, such as breakfast and/or lunch, to children
at school.
communicable diseases - correct answer ✔✔illnesses that are easily passed from one person to another
Pathogen - correct answer ✔✔a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
Example: Campylobacter.,Clostridium perfringens,
E. coli, Listeria, Norovirus, Salmonella.
Acute vs. Chronic - correct answer ✔✔new onset vs. long standing
Virulence - correct answer ✔✔ability to produce disease
person to person transmission - correct answer ✔✔an infection can be passed from one to the other by
physical contact.
Fomites - correct answer ✔✔any substance or object that adheres to and transmits infectious material
common vehicle transmission - correct answer ✔✔transmission by means of contaminated items such
as food, water, medications, devices, and equipment
