Undernutrition Answers - -not enough energy/calories
Food Insecurity Answers - -undernutrition (hunger); chronic or acute
-micronutrient deficiency
Food Security Answers - -optimal nutrition OR over nutrition
-enough food to meet long term nutritional needs
-food is safe to eat
Micronutrient Deficiency Answers - -nutritionally poor diet
-not hungry; just not healthy
-more prevalent form of malnutrition
Causes of Malnutrition Answers - -poverty
-infection
-lot of complexity surrounding malnutrition
-dynamism = solution now may not be suitable year from now
-related to food insecurity (population growth, income, food supply)
Data Answers - -ensure quality is reliable and valid
-quantitative or qualitative
-extrapolation: using a small group and projecting that onto entire larger group
-interpolation: filing in data points from data that you do have
Power Answers - -malnutrition and poverty are about power
-poor lack power = disenfranchised
,-political or economic
Interconnectedness Answers - -poverty has almost gone out of fashion; shift to inequality
-what happens here has implications for the poor everywhere
4 Critical Factors of Food Supply and Demand Answers - 1. prosperity
2. population
3. pollution
4. productivity in agriculture
Over-nutrition Answers - -over consumption of calories
-in high & low income countries
-risk factors of diet related disease (diabetes, heart disease)
-often adults who were undernourished as children
Micronutrient Malnutrition Answers - -diet deficient in one or more essential micronutrients
-starting point for poverty cycle; impedes on productivity
-significant for children; require nutrient dense diets for growth
Key deficiencies:
1. vitamin A- Xerophthalmia
2. iodine- causes goitres, reduction in mental ability
3. iron- causes anaemia, reduced capacity to work and increased susceptibility to infection
Protein-Calorie Malnutrition Answers - -under consumption of energy or protein
-insufficient food intake; solved through increased food consumption
Kwashiorkor Answers - -protein deficiency
-1st child is weaned off of breast milk when a 2nd is born
-stunting, swollen belly, Oedema, wasting, dysentery
, -issue = protein quality or quantity
-lack of amino acids to build proper enzymes
Marasmus Answers - -energy deficiency
-usually paired with protein deficiency
-wasting, temperature regulation, low disease resistance
-energy is from carbs, fats and proteins so insufficient intake = energy deficiency
-much less expensive to meet energy requirements
Secondary Malnutrition Answers - -prevents proper digestion and/or absorption of food
-does not result directly from diet
-causes alteration of metabolism, loss of appetite
-diversion of nutrients to parasitic agent
-diarrheal infection common
Dietary Assessment Answers - -assessment of nutrient intake
-dietary record or recall
-compared to dietary standards
Clinical Assessment Answers - -examination of physical signs on body that are symptomatic
-depends on technician's skill and manifestation of the symptoms
-usually only obvious in advanced stages
Biochemical Assessment Answers - -assessment of bodily fluids (blood, urine)
-metabolic changes that accompany disorders
-short term disorders
-high cost