Pabasa Sa Nutrisyon: It’s Effect on the Level of Knowledge of Mothers & Nutritional Status of 0-6 Years Old Children
University of the Philippines-Manila
School of Health Sciences Department of Medicine
PABASA SA NUTRISYON: IT’S EFFECT ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS & NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF 0-6 YEARS OLD CHILDREN
A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Medicine
University of the Philippines Manila, School of Health Sciences
Palo, Leyte
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Medicine
By:
Felicilda, Maybelle S.
Paganpan, Mary Michelle R.
Venus, Merry Chris C.
Yanto, Ramon G.
2012
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Nutrition is recognized as a basic human right, vital to the survival, growth and development of children according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Despite this pronouncement, however, malnutrition continues to claim millions of lives, with more than 5.5 million children under-five years of age dying annually. (Devpulse, 2008).
There were 925 million malnourished people in the world in 2010, an increase of 80 million since 1990, despite the fact that the world already produces enough food to feed everyone (6 billion people) and could feed the double (12 billion people).
The Philippines ranks eighth in countries who have five million or more undernourished people. There were 15.2M undernourished people in 2001–2003, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. This represents the number of people consuming less than the minimum amount of food energy (measured in kilocalories per capita per day) necessary for the average person to stay in good health while performing light physical activity.
The Province of Leyte, on the other hand, ranks fourth among the 100 nutritionally-depressed cities/municipalities for 2004, by region and the municipality of Dagami in Leyte as 259th of 1000 Nutritionally Depressed Municipality for 2004 by the National Nutrition Council.
Malnutrition is the biggest single contributor to child mortality particularly in the 1-3 year age group in developing countries
School of Health Sciences Department of Medicine
PABASA SA NUTRISYON: IT’S EFFECT ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS & NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF 0-6 YEARS OLD CHILDREN
A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Medicine
University of the Philippines Manila, School of Health Sciences
Palo, Leyte
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Medicine
By:
Felicilda, Maybelle S.
Paganpan, Mary Michelle R.
Venus, Merry Chris C.
Yanto, Ramon G.
2012
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Nutrition is recognized as a basic human right, vital to the survival, growth and development of children according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Despite this pronouncement, however, malnutrition continues to claim millions of lives, with more than 5.5 million children under-five years of age dying annually. (Devpulse, 2008).
There were 925 million malnourished people in the world in 2010, an increase of 80 million since 1990, despite the fact that the world already produces enough food to feed everyone (6 billion people) and could feed the double (12 billion people).
The Philippines ranks eighth in countries who have five million or more undernourished people. There were 15.2M undernourished people in 2001–2003, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. This represents the number of people consuming less than the minimum amount of food energy (measured in kilocalories per capita per day) necessary for the average person to stay in good health while performing light physical activity.
The Province of Leyte, on the other hand, ranks fourth among the 100 nutritionally-depressed cities/municipalities for 2004, by region and the municipality of Dagami in Leyte as 259th of 1000 Nutritionally Depressed Municipality for 2004 by the National Nutrition Council.
Malnutrition is the biggest single contributor to child mortality particularly in the 1-3 year age group in developing countries