Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the deficiencies, excesses or imbalance in a person's intake of energy and or nutrients as defined by WHO.
It can be categorized into two major categories,
undernutrition and overnutrition.
Undernutrition includes stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for height), underweight (low weight for age) and micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies (a lack of important vitamins and minerals), obesity and diet related noncommunicable diseases(such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes).
Malnutrition can result from various environmental and medical conditions; low intake of food, mental health problems such as {dementia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia}, social and mobility problems. digestive disorders. alcoholism and lack of breast feeding.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/malnutrition/en/
It can be categorized into two major categories,undernutrition and overnutrition.
Undernutrition includes stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for height), underweight (low weight for age) and micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies (a lack of important vitamins and minerals), obesity and diet related noncommunicable diseases(such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes).
Malnutrition can result from various environmental and medical conditions; low intake of food, mental health problems such as {dementia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia}, social and mobility problems. digestive disorders. alcoholism and lack of breast feeding.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/malnutrition/en/
����To add up,.............
ReplyDeleteMalnutrition can also cause hypoglycemia ie low glucose levels in the body
Wow!this is nice but I think you forgot to spot out the pecentage of the population affected which is 42% in Tanzania.
ReplyDeleteEmphasising youth at their adolescence stage to take proper balanced diet and avoid practising diet that may lead to disorder called anorexia nervosa
ReplyDeleteMalnutrition can also lead to several disorders such as kwashiorkor which is caused by lack of enough protein in a diet also marasmus caused by lack of carbohydrates in a diet
ReplyDeleteWow this is good, our generation should really be well informed of malnutrition so that they can take proper measures and improve their eating habits to live healthy.
ReplyDeleteThe treatment of severe acute malnutrition should be managed by a team that includes the health workers, project managers, physicians, and malnutrition food suppliers.
ReplyDeleteAs much as malnutrition has been a major health problem, its such a good idea to educate the society on dietary habits and everything concerning malnutrition,its causes and how to overcome it
ReplyDeleteMalnutrition has been a great problem especially in third world countries and this is among the major cause of underdevelopment due to factors like loss of human labour.
ReplyDeleteThe content is nice but i think the emphasis should be more in children because they are the ones who are more affected
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteIt is the role of the community to work hand in hand with the government in order to fight against three major problems which are diseases, ignorance and poverty.... By so doing malnutrition will be eradicated.
ReplyDeleteSince malnutrition has been now a stumbling block towards development, it is the role of both for government and community to work hand in hand to eradicate this issue.
ReplyDeleteAwareness is of essence to all people (urban and rural),so as majority should adhere to balance diet for better health.
ReplyDeleteMalnutrition in women is related to poverty, lack of development, lack of awareness and illiteracy. In the present study, percentage wise malnourished females are 25.2% as compared to males 20.2%. Women are often responsible for producing and preparing food for the household, so their knowledge or lack of knowledge about nutrition can affect the health and nutritional status of the entire family.
ReplyDeleteThreatening enough,
ReplyDeleteFollowing malnutrition,the due deathbed sets for about 45% upon children's population below the age of 5 years,so being headed mostly from African countries like Central Africa and Somalia.
Ref; WHO @2017