CAUSES OF MULNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEAR OLD IN MATHARE SLUMS NAIROBI PRESENTED BY [Name] Admission number SUPERVISOR: A RESERCH PROPOSAL SUBMITED TO KENYA INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF A DIPLOMA IN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS MANAGEMENT May 2012 DECLARATION Student’s declaration I declare that this is my original work and has not been submitted in any other learning institution for the award of degree or diploma. Name Signature Date Supervisor
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reading this sentence‚ 2.3 children have died somewhere in the world from malnutrition.” (Malnutrition Statistics‚ Para 1) All the malnutrition in the world can be solved. “The planet creates enough food to meet everyone’s needs in the world. But there are still about 925 million hungry people in the world and about 180 million preschool children that do not get the nutrition that they really need.” (Malnutrition and Hunger Paper‚ Para 1) Helping malnourished children will help improve a child’s
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underlying reasons for establishing feeding program is to provide targeted families and their children‚ an incentive to attend school. It is popular strategy for achieving both educational and social objective among school children‚ which includes combating and fighting hunger and malnutrition. She further said that its potential impact on education is that aside from alleviating short-term hunger among children‚ proper nutrition improves children’s cognitive functioning and attention. Better nutrition
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According to the book Global Health 101‚ Malnutrition is various forms of poor nutrition. Underweight or stunting and overweight‚ as well as micronutrient deficiencies‚ are forms of malnutrition (Skolnik‚ 2016). In Sierra Leone‚ there are children who are suffering from malnutrition because they are not receiving the vitamins they need to be healthy. Without micronutrients‚ many children suffer from stunted growth and development or end up dying from diseases that their bodies should be able to fight
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Maltreatment in Children and Its Effects When the term maltreatment comes to mind‚ we often think of many things. Whether it is physical abuse‚ mental abuse‚ or neglect‚ one term that does not always come up is malnutrition. Malnutrition is defined as‚ "Faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization (Dictionary.com)." Malnutrition is usually associated with third world countries and the families who live there who are poor and underprivileged
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Malnutrition among poor family in Mindanao Philippines Curbing malnutrition in North Cotabato and Maguindanao Source: http://www.unicef.org/philippines/reallives_19053.html#.UTMVUjfJSKU By Dr. Paul Andrew Zambrano UNICEF Nutrition Officer for Emergencies The nutrition of children in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao continues to be a serious concern for us at UNICEF. Recurring emergencies due to armed conflict and natural disasters in this region – combined with challenges on appropriate infant
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MALNUTRITION According to World Food Program (WFP) statistics‚ there are 1.02 billion undernourished people in the world today. This says that one in six people do not take healthy food and suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition can be said as a serious problem facing by all-over the world‚ especially children and pregnant women. Malnutrition can be defined as the condition in which the person do not have sufficient vitamins‚ minerals‚ and all the necessary nutrients required to be healthy. This
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Officially established as a city in 1854‚ Atlantic City was poised to become the next resort town with great real estate opportunities. Located in South New Jersey on the Absecon Island‚ the new island resort town was frequented by the neighboring states via the newly installed railway that led all the way up to the beach. By the 1920s; Atlantic City was a boom town‚ even with prohibition in full force‚ Atlantic City quickly became the premier sea side destination. However; after the Second World
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Feeding children in Mogadishu was very difficult‚ ‘’ Fatia and Halima are fighting to protect their children from malnutrition”. The parents don’t want the children to be malnourished‚ “ don’t want babies to become weak and malnourished”. They rely on the world food programme‚ “ the clinic gives out monthly rations of plumpy sup a peanut butter based ready to easy paste packet vitamins‚ minerals‚ and‚ other nutrients”. The food comes all ready made as they don’t have the resources to cook
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MALNUTRITION Definition : lack of proper nutrition‚ caused by not having enough to eat‚ not eating enough of the right things‚ or being unable to use the food that one does eat. Insufficient intake can result in undernutrition or starvation and excessive intake can result in overnutrition and obesity. Whilst most elderly people eat quite well‚ some have a poor intake of specific nutrients. Lack of mobility will reduce their appetite. Wearing dentures that don’t fit properly or having dementia
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