in captive there. Sgt Jack O’Donnell was an Australian soldier held as a prisoner of war in Singapore in 1942. In his diary he described the lack of food issued such as when he said “Most of the lads are now suffering in some form or other from malnutrition and lack of vitamins. Personally speaking I find it extremely hard to move one leg after the other these days‚” and the diseases that spread when he claimed that‚ “Dysentery became a real plague. At one stage we had over four hundred alone with
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discusses the increase of malnutrition in the elderly (e.g.‚ in the community‚ nursing homes‚ and hospitals). In some studies‚ 50% of the elderly in nursing homes suffer from malnutrition‚ which suggests it is under-recognized. The causes and consequences that can lead to malnutrition include decreased appetite‚ age associated changes‚ changes in functional status (e.g.‚ cannot feed themselves)‚ dementia‚ and depression. There has been a correlation between malnutrition and mortality. If a person
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Obesity became a big problem for many developed nations‚ however malnutrition reported in hospital patients still remains a prevalent issue‚ that has to be solved in order to improve the quality of acute care and nutritional care in particular (WHO‚ 2010). According to Florence Nightingale’s theory‚ nutritional care is one of the major factors that plays an important role in healing of the patients.
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Yuritzi Soto March 01‚ 2012 The Pianist The Pianist is a great movie based on a true story. The movie is set in the1940s at the beginning of the Holocaust during World War II. The film begins with a black and white scene. Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by actor Adrien Body)‚ a famous Polish Jew living in Warsaw‚ and working for a radio station as a Pianist sees bombs dropping at the radio station where he works. After the radio
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prevent and alleviate age-related diseases. One problem is that far too many older adults find it difficult to eat enough nutritious food which in the long term may lead to malnutrition. With an increasing life expectancy the older population is growing and the problem with malnutrition is of great concern. Malnutrition can be caused by many different factors which make it difficult to find a single unique solution to the problem. Oral nutritional supplementation is one approach which has proved
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persons dont have that luxury. The real problem? Not enough resources‚ so to speak. Individuals not being economically conservative‚ or if so‚ on a very small scale. In many countries‚ obesity is a main problem‚ and in others‚ there is malnutrition. As persons‚ we can create the balance between these two factors. Watching what and how much we eat‚ contributing and helping to feed the hungry. Persons all around the world readily made changes and freely gave food to the cause and today continue
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Childhood Malnutrition in Haiti Laura McConeghy Nursing in Health and Illness 332 Eldon Walker‚ MS‚ RN Fall 2012 Childhood Malnutrition in Haiti Most of the 10 million deaths among children worldwide age 5 years and younger are preventable. Childhood malnutrition is the underlying factor of 3.5 million deaths or 35% of the disease burden in children less than 5 years old. Children in Haiti are born into some of the harshest conditions on the planet‚ and are “left at a disadvantage in terms
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The availability of food‚ which is a basic necessity for life‚ varies based on manmade or natural events taking place such as war or drought. In times of war the abundance and quality food is a critical resource to ensure that soldiers fighting on the battlefield‚ and civilians working in the factories and on the farms remain healthy‚ productive‚ and motivated. But as Lizzie Collingham believes‚ governments can also use food to achieve a desired result or as a weapon of war (88) 4. The presence
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Beed (Maharashtra): India’s national bird‚ the peacock‚ is under severe threat from nature’s vagaries at one of the largest peacock national parks in the country at Naigaon here. The threat is not from its natural predators or humans‚ but from the extreme heat wave conditions in the Marathwada region‚ around 400 km east of Mumbai‚ that virtually suffocate and even kill the magnificent bird. | | According to local conservationists‚ nearly 13 adult peafowl have reportedly perished this summer
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children resulting in a lowered birth rate. If taxes in a country are high‚ people may not have children as they can’t afford to‚ decreasing the birth rate. During times of warfare the birth rate will fall significantly (since people are occupied fighting) and the death rate will often rise substantially. After a war however‚ there is often a “baby boom” resulting in a massive increase in the birth rate of a country. Environmental Factors Countries with frequent natural disasters will often have a
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