Undernutrition Part 2

Question 1

Do we have enough food to feed the entire population ?

Answer 1

Look at food production cycle

Question 2

What is food wastage

Answer 2

Food loss and food waste

Food loss refers to anything that happens to food at the production, distribution, processing stage. This can be attributed to the way it was stored or transported.

Food waste refers to anything that happens to food at the retail level or restaurant because consumers may discard food that is edible

Question 3

Food wastage is due to food waste primarily in developed countries. T or F

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Give examples of why food wastage increase in Singapore

Answer 4

Culture
Rising affluences
Population growth

Question 5

There is excess food production in Asia and South America. T or F

Answer 5

False. Food production is in excess in Europe, Australia and North America

Question 6

How will you improve food wastage situations?

Answer 6

Reduce food wastage

Improve food distribution

Question 7

How can supplementation help food industry?

Answer 7

Provision of larger doses of micronutrients
Control deficiency on indvd and population groups

Considerations :
Expensive
Consumer compliance

Question 8

Define fortification or enrichment and restoration

Answer 8

Deliberately increasing the content of essential micronimutriens in food so as to improve nutrient quality of food supply and provide a public health benefit

Restoration is a tue addition of nutrients that might have been lost during processing

Question 9

What are the types of fortification

Answer 9

General or mandatory fortification
Target fortification
Market-driven fortification

Question 10

What is golden rice made of?

Answer 10

Made by biofprtification (natural breeding of plants or genetically modifying them to increase nutritional value.

It has a lot of beta carotene to help in vitamin A deficiency in countries where the staple food is rice

Question 11

What are the advantages of fortification

Answer 11

Don’t need to change eating habits unlike supplementation where u have to remember to take ur supplements

Provide nutrients at levels which are refelective a well-balanced diet

Question 12

What are some concerns for fortification

Answer 12

May not reach the poorest sections which require them the most.

Exposure to higher doses or micronutrient in groups that may not require them

Folate fortification may maske vitamin B12 deficiency

Question 13

Describe “increasing dietary diversity”

Answer 13

Programmed that increase diversity focus on increasing access to both quantity and variety of micronutrient foods such as vegetables, fruits and health oils

Question 14

What is the advantage of increasing dietary diversity?

Answer 14

Improve overall dietary quality and not just address deficiency or specific nutrient.

Question 15

What are the different types of delivery platforms?

Answer 15

Homestead farming

Question 16

What is homestead farming?

Answer 16

Aim is to reduce vitamin A deficiency by promoting the home-farming of beta-carotene rich vegetables.

Pilot: home gardening and education

Question 17

What is the advantage of homestead farming

Answer 17

Variety and qtty of food available increased. Consumption of eggs increased due to animal husbandry and the income earned was used to buy other foods, hence increasing dietary diversity

Question 18

Health based delivery

Answer 18

Health workers are the main distributors. Since they are assumed to be educated and trustworthy, it results in better coverage and compliance. They train mums to use a micronutrient powder to sprinkle on the food of the child.

Question 19

What are market-based strategy delivery system?

Answer 19

Include fortification of food which are commercially available. Use appropriate marketing to create demand

Question 20

What are some social protection platforms?

Answer 20

The beneficiary is given money upon completion of a certain programmer or criteria. Criteria can include enrolling the child in the school and attending health check ups

Question 21

School food program

Answer 21

Provide micronutrient supplements or fortified snacks in schools

Disadvantage: cannot reach the crucial developmental window of pregnancy

Question 22

Why is economic growth important

Answer 22

Finds social protection programs

Must be inclusive

Question 23

Improve agricultural productivity through small family and farmers is important. Yes or not

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

So how would u improve food security?

Answer 24

Economic growth
Expand social protection
Improve agricultural productivity