NUTR 30300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Aids, Hiv, Maternal Death
18 Nov 2018
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Food insecure-state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Nutrition security-secure access to a nutritious diet coupled with a sanity environment and adequate health services and care. Hunger-primarily physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food. Food insecurity-condition of anxiety regarding running out of either food or money to buy more food. Malnutrition-failing health that results from longstanding dietary practices that do not coincide with nutritional needs. Undernutrition-failing health that results from a longstanding dietary intake that is not enough to meet nutritional needs. Goiter-an enlargement of the thyroid gland; this is often cause by insufficient iodine in the diet. Xerophthalmia-hardening of the cornea and the drying of the surface of the eye, which can result in blindness. Protein-calorie malnutrition (pcm)-a condition resulting from regularly consuming insufficient amounts of calories and protein. The deficiency eventually resulting in body wasting, primarily of lean tissue, and an increased susceptibility to infections.
