to eat. Some individuals have a poor appetite and little interest in food. Their sense of taste and smell is often diminished‚ and they may have difficulty chewing due to poor fitting dentures Swallowing difficulties are another common problem. Malnutrition also affects immune system making it difficult to fight an infection. Effects of poor nutrition: * Higher risk of infection * Reduced wound healing * Dermatological problems * Constipation * Disturbed sleeping pattern * Weight loss/gain
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MENTAL STATUS ASSESSMENT ● STRUCTURE & FUNCTION: 1. EMOTIONAL (feeling) 2. COGNITIVE (knowing) ● STRESS SURROUNDING A TRAUMATIC EVENT TIPS THIS BALANCE CAUSING A BRIEF DYSFUNCTION. MENTAL DISORDER ● ORGANIC: ● DUE TO A DISEASE OF THE BRAIN‚ DELIRIUM‚ DEMENTIA‚ ALCOHOL‚ DRUGS. PSYCHIATRIC: DUE TO ANXIETY DISORDER‚ OR SCHIZOPHRENIA Jarvis‚ Carolyn. (2012). Physical Examination & Health Assessment. (6th ed.) St. Louis‚ MO THE MENTAL STATUS ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS
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NUTRITION COMPANY BUSINESS PLAN Executive summary: Bharat Food Science Nutritionals is a company which is in the market for 30 years and has been providing the highest quality formulations in Nutritional Supplement Industry for both human and animal needs. Main objective is to provide Humans with required nutritional supplements and make them healthier and more productive. It is known that low socio-economics groups just eat enough to survive. Our objective is to include these people to improve
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suffering from poor malnutrition and starvation‚ and there is an average rate of 22‚000 premature deaths yearly because of this severe issue. Child poverty has a drastic effect on children’s lives. Why hasn’t the issue of child poverty been resolved? Who is helping fix this situation and when do they think the problem will be fixed? These questions need answers‚ and those answers need to act fast. Child poverty involves children (0-18 years) experiencing starvation or poor malnutrition‚ leading to a negative
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Tyler. "World Hunger: The Problem Left Behind." Http://www.nytimes.com. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. "Ending Hunger In America: The Challenge | We Can End This." Ending Hunger In America: N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. "Hunger and Malnutrition?: Kids Health |Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition."Kids Health: N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 05 Sep. 2011
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As I read this sentence to you‚ a child somewhere in this world will have died of hunger. A child. Children are the weakest of us‚ the ones who implicitly trust everyone‚ the ones whose innocence is genuine and appropriate and necessary--and they’re in the far corners of the world starving until their skin stretches across their bones and they don’t have the energy‚ the will‚ or the wherewithal to cry out anymore. You may think of them with a deep sympathy‚ or a gut-wrenching pang of guilt‚ or a
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infused into nutrition‚ it hampers the cropping up of nutritional deficiency diseases which have made many of the ECDE Children unhealthy yet they were born while they are very healthy. A good fraction of ECDE children appear extremely under malnutrition due to inadequate food provided for them. This make children appear withdrawn from classroom
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Human Security: Food Security on Bangladesh Perspective Introduction: “Food security is given the top most priority in Bangladesh. Side by side with domestic food production‚ greater importance is given to ensure access to adequate and safe food by all people at all time for maintaining an active and healthy life.” With the expansion of modern communication system‚ each country is attaching special importance to human security issues. The government of Bangladesh has also identified food security
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Case study: Famine in Somalia July 2011- Feb 2012 In 2011 there was extended drought in the horn of Africa and Somalia was the worse effected. The combination of this drought and the conflict that had been going on for 20 years cause people to leave the country in mass‚ around 3‚000 people a day‚ to get to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. Causes Political: Most of southern Somalia is controlled by the al-Shabab Islamist group‚ which refused international aid organisations
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to and foundation for health and development. Better nutritionmeans stronger immune systems‚ less illness and better health. It is a prime entry point to ending poverty and amilestone to achieving better quality of life. Without proper nutrition malnutrition can occur‚ due to inadequate intakeof protein‚ energy‚ and micronutrients such as vitamins (WHO‚ 2001).To promote adequate nutrition‚ food safety in the Philippines has received increasing attention due to anumber of factors. First‚ a respectable
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