Showing posts with label malnourishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label malnourishment. Show all posts

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Nutrition: A Neglected and Direct Path To Global Health

Researchers Want Nutrition To Be A Global Priority by Cheri Cheng.  Counsel & Heal.  June 6, 2013.

Want to retain more of what you read?  Read the article and then take the following quiz and improve your recall.

(1)  According to the report in The Lancet, malnutrition could be blamed for _____ % of children's deaths that were under five years old.

(2)  This rate translates into _______ million deaths annually in the world.

(3)  The first ___________ of a child's life, from conception to two-years-old are the most vital days for health development.

(4)  The research team calculated that in 2011 over _________ million children suffered from stunting.

(5)  The estimate for wasting, weight being too low for height, afflicted _____________ million children.

(6)  Total costs of malnutrition for the global community, based upon a U.N estimate is ______________.

(7)  If effective nutritional interventions were scaled-up to 90 percent of the global, nearly ___________  lives could benefit.


Friday, February 1, 2013

Fortified Peanut Butter Plus Antibiotics: A Lifesaver For Malnutrition

Malnourished Gain Lifesaver in Antibiotics by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  January 30, 2013.  

It has been observed that fortified peanut butter was not always effective to save the lives of malnourished children.  Since the children are prone to infection antibiotics were found to be an effective supplement to the fortified peanut butter.  In a second study on kwashiorkor, a disease developed by some malnourished children.  These children were found to have a less diverse microbiome than healthy children.  

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Average Weight People Are Disappearing Worldwide, Shaping Health Strategies

Decline In Average-weight Population Leads To Health Care Conundrum by Andrea Janus.  CTVNews.ca.  January 15, 2013.

Using data from 37 countries researchers from the University of Toronto and the Harvard School of Public Health found that average weight individuals in both poor and middle income countries are declining in number.  The lead research indicated that ideally the greatest number of people will fall in the "average" category and that health strategies will vary greatly in a weigh-polarized world.  The team is focusing now on if there is a disappearance of the "average" in wealthy countries.