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A Guide To IMPORTANT OF EATING NUTRITION At Any Age

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By healthupates


         
    People who do not eat develop malnutrition. This can happen from not eating enough food of any kind (general malnutrition or "undernutrition"), from not eating the right kinds of foods (specific types of malnutrition), or from eating too much of certain foods (getting too fat).

      Anyone can develop general malnutrition, but especially dangerous for:

  • Children, because they need lots of food to grow well and stay healthy
  • Women of child-bearing age, especially if they are pregnant or breastfeeding because they need extra food to stay healthy, to have healthy babies, and to do their daily work.
  • Elderly persons because often they lose their teeth and their taste for food, so they cannot eat much at one time, even though they still need to eat well to stay healthy
      A malnourished child does not grow well. she generally is thinner and shorter than other children. Also, she is more likely to be irritable, to cry a lot, and to sick more often if the child gets diarrhea or other infections, she will lose weight. A good way to check if a child is poorly nourished is to measure the distance around her upper arm.

checking children for malnutrition: the sign of the upper arm

After 1 year of age, any child whose middle-upper arms measure less than 13and half centimeters. around is malnourished - no matter how fat is feet, hands, and face may look. if the arm measures less than 12andhalf centimeter., he is severely malnourished.

  Another good way to tell if a child is well-nourished or poorly nourished is to weigh him regularly: once a month in the first year, then once every 3 months. The healthy, well children, and the use of the child's health.

    PREVENTING MALNUTRITION

   To stay healthy, our bodies need plenty of good food. The food we eat to fill many needs. First, it should enough energy to keep us active and strong. Also, it must help build, repair, and protect the different parts of our bodies. To do all this we need to eat a combination of foods every day.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE MALNUTRITION

            Among poor people, malnutrition is often most severe in children, who need lots of nutritious food to grow well and stay healthy. There are different forms of malnutrition;

MILD MALNUTRITION
This is the most common form, but it is not always obvious. The child simply does not grow or gain weight as fast as a well-nourished child. Although he may appear rather small and thin, he usually does not look sick. However, because he is poorly  nourished,  he may lack strength (resistance) to fight infections so he becomes more seriously ill and takes longer to get well

   Children with this form of malnutrition suffer more from diarrhea and colds. Their colds usually last longer and are more likely to turn into pneumonia. measles, tuberculosis, and other infectious disease are far more dangerous for these malnourished children. more of them die



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