Food Supply And Consumption Survey Flashcards
(19 cards)
Food: Any substance which when ingested provides necessary raw materials for the _________ and _________ of life thus enabling the body to carry out its functions.
structure
functions
Nutrition: ________ of food, their actions, interactions and balance in relation to ________ and ________.
The problem of malnutrition is universal but most common in ________ and ________.
Science
health
disease.
Asia ; Africa.
Malnutrition can be as a result of __________ or __________ intake of nutrients in relation to requirements.
deficient ; excess
Spectrum is from ________ to ________, then ________ under undernutrition, normal nutritional status, ________, ________ to ________.
________ is the prevalent type in tropical developing countries.
severe ; moderate
mild ; overweight
obesity ; morbid obesity.
Under-nutrition
Causes of under-nutrition
Associated with the level of development of a country
Multiple Socio-economic problems
Food __________
Food __________
Food __________ and __________
Ignorance and lack of __________ especially __________ __________
__________
production; distribution
preservation ; processing
education ; mother’s education
Poverty
Causes of under-nutrition
Insufficient household __________
Inadequate ____________
__________ (Unhealthy environment)
_______ families
________ illnesses
Food _______ and _______ etc
food security ; dietary intake
Infections ; Large
Chronic
restrictions ; taboos
National Food Production
Decline in food production in developing countries Only a fraction of the required food is produced
Reasons include:
____________ migration
Disappearance of ________ _______
High ____________ growth
Rural-urban
arable lands
population
National Food Preservation
Severe losses in food produced by farmers due to:
•Poor _________ , _________ and _________
•Food shortages are more common during _________ season. i.e seasonal shortages
•_________ foods cannot be preserved and stored for long periods.
•leads to changes in the _________ of food and their _________
storage; processing ; preservation
planting ; Perishable
composition ; nutrients
Enhancing Better Nutrition
as Physicians,
Give advice on ________ that can improve food production at ________ and even ________ levels
Encourage consumption of ____________________
Promotion of _____________
Nutrition ________
scheme ; national ;family
wide variety of foods
family planning
education
Enhancing Better Nutrition
Government:
•_________ to increase food production and distribution
•Use of _________, _________ methods, use of _________ and _________ in fish farming
•Improved methods of food _________
•Support _______________ organization to control the population
Policy ; fertilizers
irrigation ; pesticides
herbicides; storage
family planning
Food Consumption Surveys
An attempt to record the diet of a population or individuals in terms of:
Pattern of __________
Pattern of __________
Family food __________
__________ __________ of food __________ and __________
breastfeeding ; feeding
Family food budget
Mother’s knowledge of food sources and preparation
Food Consumption Surveys
Why?
To gain insight into food ____________ pattern
To predict ____________
Design a nutrition ____________ program
Check the ____________ and ____________ of interventions
Plan future actions
consumption ; problem
education ; progress
impact
Methods of dietary survey
List 3
Food Frequency Questionnaire
Twenty-four hours diet recall
Observed food consumption
Methods of dietary survey
Food Frequency Questionnaire
Useful for a _______ number of people within a _______ time
large; short
Methods of dietary survey: Observed food consumption
•____________ raw/cooked foods
•Survey team visit the household and _______ all foods which is to be cooked & eaten as well as that which is _______ or ___________.
•Duration can be ________ but usually ________.
Weighing
weigh
wasted or discarded
1-21 days; 7 days
___________ Method of dietary survey is Not really acceptable to people
Observed food consumption
TWENTY FOUR (24) HOUR DIET RECALL METHOD
Day of the week: __________________________
I would like you to tell me ????????.
Don’t ask for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Just ask for:
All the foods taken on waking up in the morning of the previous day What other foods followed ?
Continue asking what other foods or drinks until the person slept
Ask for what he/she took with the foods
Ask for any food or drink taken at ________
everything you ate or drank between yesterday morning and this morning
night
Dietary Survey contd..
The data collected has to be translated into ______ intake
Calculate the _______ equivalent of each food item
Use diet _________ or food _________ to convert the food items to nutrients components.
Add up the nutrient for all the respondents and calculate the mean
Compare the mean _________ to standards expected for age and sex
Determine whether there is a nutritional problem
mean intake ; weight
software ; composition table
nutrient intake
____________ & __________ leads to non- communicable diseases
Overweight
obesity
