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4 Nutrition

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Define normal nutrition and mal­nutrition.
  • List the main food groups.
  • List the important forms of mal­nutrition.
  • Diagnose and manage protein-energy malnutrition.
  • Diagnose and manage vitamin deficiencies.
  • Diagnose and manage iron deficiency.
  • List the common causes of anaemia.
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4-1 What is nutrition?
4-2 What is the nutritional state?
4-3 What is normal nutrition?
4-4 What are the main nutrients in the diet?
4-5 What are energy foods?
4-6 Which foods are carbohydrates?
4-7 Which foods are rich in fats and oils?
4-8 Which foods are rich in protein?
4-9 What are micronutrients?
4-10 What is a well-balanced diet?
4-11 What foods are needed by children?
4-12 What is malnutrition?
4-13 How is malnutrition recognised clinically?
4-14 Which children are underweight?
4-15 Which children are stunted?
4-16 Which children are wasted?
4-17 Why is malnutrition important?
4-18 How is a clinical diagnosis of malnutrition confirmed?
4-19 What are the common forms of malnutrition?
4-20 What is protein-energy malnutrition?
4-21 What are the forms of protein-energy malnutrition?
4-22 Which children are underweight-for-age?
4-23 Why is it important to detect underweight-for-age children?
4-24 What is marasmus?
4-25 What is kwashiorkor?
4-26 What is marasmic kwashiorkor?
4-27 How can you determine whether a child has malnutrition?
4-28 How can the history help in the diagnosis of malnutrition?
4-29 How can a general examination help in the diagnosis of malnutrition?
4-30 How common is protein-energy malnutrition?
4-31 What factors are commonly associated with malnutrition?
4-32 What are the complications of severe malnutrition?
4-33 How are malnutrition and infection related?
4-34 Is malnutrition always due to a poor diet?
4-35 What is the management of an underweight-for-age child?
4-36 What is the management of severe malnutrition?
4-37 What resuscitation is needed?
4-38 What nutritional rehabilitation is required?
4-39 How can you prevent malnutrition recurring?
4-40 How should you address the underlying causes of malnutrition?
4-41 What can be done to prevent malnutrition in poor communities?
4-42 What is the effect of severe malnutrition on a child's mental development?
4-43 What are micronutrients?
4-44 What are vitamins?
4-45 What are the common vitamin deficiencies in children?
4-46 Which children are at greatest risk of vitamin A deficiency?
4-47 How does vitamin A deficiency present?
4-48 How is vitamin A deficiency prevented?
4-49 How is vitamin A deficiency treated?
4-50 What are the B group vitamins?
 
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