The Consequences And Causes Of Kwashiorkor
Kwashiorkor
Kwashiorkor is a nutritional disorder where children usually boys under the age of five, do not have enough protein in their diet. Kwashiorkor is more prominent in developing countries, especially if there has been famine, drought, a natural disaster or war. All of these events eventually lead to a lack of food supply, and therefore a lack of protein (Cafasso, 2012). Kwashiorkor is can also be caused as a result of traditional customs where mothers stop letting their infants feed from their breast milk, and since breast milk contains all the amino acids, fats and carbohydrates a new born baby needs, these new born babies are more susceptible to Kwashiorkor (Purcell, 1993). Without this important source of nutrition infants will …show more content…
The government of that country should be responsible for setting up educational programmes, where citizens of that particular country can be informed and educated about the importance of a balanced diet, as well as the different consequences and risks of an unbalanced diet. The programme should also supply protein supplements as well as the various vitamins and minerals to the citizens of the country However, due to financial constraints in the government in these underdeveloped countries, providing funds to educational facilities could be quite difficult. Perhaps the government should impose and additional tax on luxury goods and use the funds generated from the tax to help build and set up these educational programmes and facilities, as well as providing the protein supplements. Doctors in the underdeveloped countries could volunteer to lecture and educate people at these various educational facilities and programmes.
Poverty is also a major problem when it comes to malnutrition, because a healthy, balanced diet can work out to be quite expensive. A solution to this would be for the government to subsidize more expensive foods that are needed for a balanced diet (eg. Protein), thereby making these foods available to the general population. They should also prioritise spending in their national budget making nutritional programmes more important. And improve on farming in their agricultural and livestock sector. If protein was more accessible to more people, PEM would be greatly
Kwashiorkor is a nutritional disorder where children usually boys under the age of five, do not have enough protein in their diet. Kwashiorkor is more prominent in developing countries, especially if there has been famine, drought, a natural disaster or war. All of these events eventually lead to a lack of food supply, and therefore a lack of protein (Cafasso, 2012). Kwashiorkor is can also be caused as a result of traditional customs where mothers stop letting their infants feed from their breast milk, and since breast milk contains all the amino acids, fats and carbohydrates a new born baby needs, these new born babies are more susceptible to Kwashiorkor (Purcell, 1993). Without this important source of nutrition infants will …show more content…
The government of that country should be responsible for setting up educational programmes, where citizens of that particular country can be informed and educated about the importance of a balanced diet, as well as the different consequences and risks of an unbalanced diet. The programme should also supply protein supplements as well as the various vitamins and minerals to the citizens of the country However, due to financial constraints in the government in these underdeveloped countries, providing funds to educational facilities could be quite difficult. Perhaps the government should impose and additional tax on luxury goods and use the funds generated from the tax to help build and set up these educational programmes and facilities, as well as providing the protein supplements. Doctors in the underdeveloped countries could volunteer to lecture and educate people at these various educational facilities and programmes.
Poverty is also a major problem when it comes to malnutrition, because a healthy, balanced diet can work out to be quite expensive. A solution to this would be for the government to subsidize more expensive foods that are needed for a balanced diet (eg. Protein), thereby making these foods available to the general population. They should also prioritise spending in their national budget making nutritional programmes more important. And improve on farming in their agricultural and livestock sector. If protein was more accessible to more people, PEM would be greatly