UNIB20014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bioavailability, Food Security, Stunted Growth
9 Aug 2018
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Food comes from plants, leaves, fruits, shoots, roots and seeds. Meat in our diet comes from animals that eat plants. No time to cook -> take out food. Coexistence of undernutrition along with overweight and obesity, or diet- related non-communicable diseases, within individuals, households and populations, and across the life course. Micronutrient deficiencies occur in both the developed and developing world. Micronutrients = vitamins & minerals - essential in small amounts. Nearly 1/2 the world suffers from micronutrient deficiency. Vitamin a deficiency is leading cause of blindness. Biofortification: development of nutrient-dense staple crops using best conventional breeding practices and modern biotech. Developing better varieties of food with higher levels of micronutrients. Mineral nutrition depends upon soil composition and bioavailability. More than 60% of all australians use some type of supplement. Change in balance of disease in a population from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases. Death is directly due to action of communicable agent.
