Quiz 1 P2 Flashcards
Headache, stomachache, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, loss of weight, weakness and dizziness
Bad eating habits
Serious condition that occurs when a person’s diet doesn’t contain the right amount of nutrients
Malnutrition (Poor nutrition)
When you don’t get enough nutrients
Under nutrition
When you get more nutrients than needed
Over nutrition
462 million adults are
Underweight
1.9 billion people are
Overweight
Percentage of deaths among children linked to under nutrition under 5yo
45
155 million children under 5 suffered from
Strunting
World food production is sufficient to cover the
ENTIRE POPULATION
1 in __ people are going through a stage of famine
8
1 in __ are malnourished
3
Problems like famine and malnourishment are caused by
Lack of agricultural investment
Displacements
Wars
Food Waste
Most common symptom of under nutrition that happens when 5-10% of body weight within 6 months
Weight loss
Loss of 4.5kg or more than 5% of usual body weight in 6-12 months
Involuntary Weight Loss
Is weight loss of more than 10% of normal body weight
Protein Energy Malnutrition
Decreased production of stomach acid, shrinking stomach, fatal diarrhea
Starvation in the digestive system
Reduced heart size (less amount of blood pumped/slow heart rate/low-blood pressure)
Heart failure
Starvation and the Cardiovascular system
Slow breathing/reduced lung capacity. Respiratory failure
Starvation in the respiratory system
Severe lack of Vitamin C in the body
Scurvy
Lemon, potato, pepper, broccoli, cranberry, wild strawberry, stomach, chili
Sources of vitamin c
Due to lack of Vitamin A
In children, and loss in pregnant women
Blindness
Broccoli, avocado, peaches, melon, pepper, meat, eggs and cheese, carrots, papaya, fish, mango, pepper
Blindness
Result of insufficient potassium in the body
(Low massive intake, low intake of potassium, intestinal paralysis, leg cramps and weakness) = AFECTS NERVOUS SYSTEM
Hypokalemia
Weight loss Starvation Scurvy Blindness Hypokalemia
Undernutrition