Nutrition In Public Health Flashcards
The science of foods and the substance that they contain, their action, interaction and balance in relation to health and disease
Nutrition
Any substance the body can take in and assimilate
Food
Without food, survival is possible (T or F)
False - It is impossible
FACTORS AFFECTING FOOD CONSUMPTION :
Food - mild starvation leads to ___
weakness and irritability
What kind of factor?
• Rural or urban location
• Access to transport increases consumer choices
• Accessibility and availability of food
Physical Factors
What kind of factor?
• Lack of time leads to consumption of convenience foods [instant noodles]
• Key to improve diet is improved quality of convenience foods.
Time Factor
Whta kind of factor?
Emotional eating
Psychological Factor
Components of food required for the body’s functioning
Nutrient
All proteins needed by the body are available through food (T or F)
False - it should be Nutrients
How many percent of water that human body had?
70%
Condition of the body resulting from the ingestion and utilization of nutrients
Nutritional Status
It is under nutrition
Nutrient deficiencies
It is over nutrition
Nutrient excesses
Prevention, promotion, protection, conservation of health through proper nutrition
Public Health Nutrition
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION :
the country’s policymaking and coordinating body on nutrition
National Nutrition Council
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION :
country’s guide for action for nutrition improvement
Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN)
These are foods that make the body grow. Rich in protein, iodine, iron, and vitamin B
Body-building foods
These are foods that give us energy we need in doing everyday task. Foods are rich in carbohydrates and fats
Energy giving foods
These are food that keep all or organs working and in good condition, help in fighting common illnesses. These foods are rich in vitamins and minerals
Body-regulating foods
Essential for growth and repair of body tissues since they constitute the major part of the body’s building blocks
Protein
Clinical constellation of edema and undernutrition. The child has a swollen abdomen.
KWASHIORKOR
A physiological adaptation to marked restriction of dietary energy. It is also caloric deprivation and no edema
MARASMUS
Main source of energy for man
Women (Ay, CARBOHYDRATES pala)
Essential nutrients, beneficial if consumes in the right amount and if is of the right type
Fats
Organic compounds essential in the diet for normal growth and maintenance of life
Vitamins
Major Nutrients :
proteins, carbohydrates, fats
Macronutrients
Major Nutrients :
vitamins, minerals
Micronutrients
variations of physicals dimensions and gross composition of the body at the diff. age levels and degree of nutrition.
Anthropometric Assessment
Thiness (Weight) (Acute Malnutrition) (wt. for ht./length)
Wasting
Shortness (Height) (Chronic Malnutrition) (ht/length for age)
Stunting
Non-digestible, non starch, lignin (very intact in plants)
Dietary Fibers
Dietary fibers for women
25g/day
Dietary fibers for men
38g/day
Dissolves in water to form as gel within the digestive tract and serves to slow the rate at which food passes through small intestine.
Soluble
it has lowering effects because it increases fecal excretion of bileacids, increases production of short-chain fatty acids by fermentation in the large intestine.
Insoluble
stored in liver and adipose tissue
Fat-Soluble Vitamins (Vitamin A,D,E,K)
stored in stellate cells of Ito for 6 months
Vitamin A
Maintains normal vision, bone and looth growth and reproduction, etc,.
Vitamin A
Mineralization of bones, prevents rickets and osteomalacia
Vitamin D
Anti-oxidants, protects nuero-muscular system and help to prevents arterosclerosis
Vitamin E
necessary for normal blood clotting
Vitamin K
known as night blindness
Nyctalopia
known as dryness of conjunctiva
xerosis
white patches of keratinized epithelium, appear in sclera
Bitot Spot
Problem in cornea
keratomalacia
Ulceration in cornea
Corneal ulceration