Malnutrition In Children

Roles of parents and their knowledge on basic nutrition on their child’s health are assessed due to the cases of malnutrition. In this study, the significance of awareness and understanding on aspects of basic nutrition and health care will be recognized in order to avoid cases of malnutrition.

Malnutrition

Children should be able to attain their physical growth because their early years has a big impact on their future progress. The healthy development of a child is always upon the performance of the people around and the adaptation to the environment on where he/she is in. Malnutrition is a problem in which the body can’t get the right nutrients for a proper diet which is needed to perform things and to have energy.

Symptoms. A malnourished

K. (2004) the use of a strategy like Action Against Hunger can help in the assessment of the nutritional status of children, treatment and prevention of all forms of malnutrition. Health professionals can assist the communities to diagnose nutritional problems. Every individual needs to know their current health so that if there is a disease it can be cured as early as possible. Josefino M. (1984) added that enough dietary intake is vital to good health because it supplies the body with the necessary amount of nutrients. This shows that it is important for a child to have a proper diet. This sentences tells that how eating properly is important, it is the way how an individual will eat every day, it is not the way of having a small amount so that you will have a healthy body. It is the food that you will get some nutrients that your body needs. That is why you should know the food that could supply the needs of your body. Mary B. G. and Lori A.S. Ph.D. (2006) adds on that to stay healthy , the foods you eat must provide the right proportion of all nutrients and an optimal mix of nutrients will prevent malnutrition which can be caused by either too much or too little energy of nutrients, malnutrition can affect the health today and can impact more on the coming years. It tells that we should know the nutrients that we can get on the food that we are eating every day. The food that we eat should have the proper nutrients that our body needs like having

Pregnancy is when an off-spring develops in a mother’s womb. It will help the baby to have a good life and the baby may not be see what her mother was doing but at least others will prove that the mother of the baby keeps on staying healthy and safe so that the baby will have a better life on it and be healthy when it comes out. Dr. Steve B. (2008) states that to ensure optimal heath for both baby and the mother, vitamins and minerals need to be maintained at their levels. Malnourished mothers cannot pass their nutrients to their child because they lack of it also. He also added that pregnant woman need more protein. Protein is needed for the structure of new cells so this growth increases the need for dietary protein. Pregnant woman increased caloric needs. This extra energy is needed to provide for the baby and new maternal