GPH 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Muscle Tone
3 Jan 2020
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Malnutrition: malnutrition, general info, not getting proper nutrition (eating a lot or little, 2 billion each suffer from micronutrient or obesity, 30% world pop is obese, most low and middle income. Liked with non-comm disease: prevention complex, doubled since 1980, 13% in us, # is increasing worldwide. Skin and bones: often have good growth, but something happens and you no longer have access to food. Kwashiorkor under nutrition: protruding abdomen, poor muscle tone due to little protein, not holding onto to water so it seeps and sags. Stunting and wasting is decreasing worldwide: worst in india, nigeria, undernutrition, form of malnutrition, measurements, height for age (stunting) Stunted if 2 z scores below: poverty is risk factor, weight for age (underweight, two z scores below international reference. Illnesses make it harder to eat, absorp nuts, and raise need for nuts: cycle of illness and infection, assoc w/poverty, little econ dev, and poor access, malnutrition adults.
