NS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: School Breakfast Program, Folic Acid, Isolationism

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Nutritional Science
• Course: NS 1150
• Professor: David Levitsky

Document Summary

Mental retardation: long-term reduction in brain size, malnourished children=retarded psychomotor and mental development, human data confounded, malnourished children can learn. Brain is not damaged, but psyche is. Folate from plants are inactive: must be converted to active form through b12. Cystic fibrosis studies: hardware is not permanently damaged by poor nutrition, but the software is. Psychological consequence: while malnourished, children display: Low self-esteem: after recovering from malnutrition, psychosocial stimulation ameliorated most cognitive effects except for hyperactivity. Major cause of malnutrition: not due to lack of food in world. Use of food as a political weapon. Produce food for exports at the expense of feeding their own. Infant"s formula"s and malnutrition: help liberate women. To work for income: depressed breast feeding over time. Benefits of breast feeding: sanitary nutrients, growth promoters. Stimulates lactobacilli helps digest milk: bactericides, mother"s antibodies, anti-inflammatory factors, may stimulate jaw growth. Problem with breast feeding: hiv can be transferred.