Food Supply and Consumption Survey - PPPHC

Question 1

What is food?

Answer 1

Any substance which when ingested provides necessary raw materials for the structure and functions of life thus enabling the body to carry out its functions.

Question 2

What is nutrition?

Answer 2

Science of food, their actions, interactions and balance in relation to health and disease.

Question 3

Where is malnutrition most common?

Answer 3

Malnutrition is universal but most common in Asia and Africa.

Question 4

What can cause malnutrition?

Answer 4

Malnutrition can be as a result of deficient or excess intake of nutrients in relation to requirements.

Question 5

What is the spectrum of nutritional status?

Answer 5

The spectrum ranges from severe to moderate, then mild undernutrition, normal nutritional status, overweight, obesity to morbid obesity.

Question 6

What type of malnutrition is prevalent in tropical developing countries?

Answer 6

Under-nutrition is the prevalent type in tropical developing countries.

Question 7

What are some causes of under-nutrition?

Answer 7

Causes include level of development, socio-economic problems, food production, food distribution, food preservation, ignorance, and poverty.

Question 8

What factors contribute to under-nutrition?

Answer 8

Insufficient household food security, inadequate dietary intake, infections, large families, chronic illnesses, and food restrictions.

Question 9

What is the current state of food production in developing countries?

Answer 9

There is a decline in food production, with only a fraction of the required food being produced.

Question 10

What are some reasons for the decline in food production?

Answer 10

Reasons include rural-urban migration, disappearance of arable lands, and high population growth.

Question 11

What causes severe losses in food produced by farmers?

Answer 11

Poor storage, processing, and preservation lead to severe losses.

Question 12

What are seasonal food shortages?

Answer 12

Food shortages are more common during the planting season.

Question 13

What can physicians do to enhance better nutrition?

Answer 13

Physicians can give advice on improving food production, encourage consumption of a variety of foods, promote family planning, and provide nutrition education.

Question 14

What can governments do to enhance better nutrition?

Answer 14

Governments can implement policies to increase food production and distribution, use fertilizers and irrigation, improve food storage, and support family planning organizations.

Question 15

What is the purpose of food consumption surveys?

Answer 15

To record the diet of a population or individuals in terms of breastfeeding patterns, feeding patterns, family food budgets, and mothers’ knowledge of food sources.

Question 16

What insights can food consumption surveys provide?

Answer 16

They can provide insights into food consumption patterns, predict problems, design nutrition education programs, check progress of interventions, and plan future actions.

Question 17

What are some methods of dietary survey?

Answer 17

Methods include Food Frequency Questionnaire, twenty-four hours diet recall, observed food consumption, and weighing raw/cooked foods.

Question 18

What is the Food Frequency Questionnaire?

Answer 18

A tool used to assess the frequency of food consumption among individuals.

Question 19

What is the twenty-four hour diet recall method?

Answer 19

A method where individuals report everything they ate or drank in the past 24 hours.

Question 20

What data is collected in dietary surveys?

Answer 20

Data collected includes food description, place, time, amount, and weight of food or drink taken.

Question 21

What is the conclusion regarding malnutrition?

Answer 21

Malnutrition is a wide spectrum that causes problems like growth retardation and poor cognitive development, requiring a multisectoral approach to reduce its prevalence.