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PEDIATRIC NURSING
INTRODUCTION
• Malnutrition a state of nutritional imbalance
• Arises when the supply of one or more nutrients is less or
in excess of the body’s need for such nutrient.
• Malnutrition essentially means ‘poor nutrition’ – when the
human body contains an insufficient, excessive or
imbalanced consumption of nutrients.
• Sub nutrition occurs when an individual does not consume
enough food. It may exist if the person has a poor diet that
gives them the wrong balance of basic food groups.
• Obese people, who consume more calories than they need,
may suffer from the sub nutrition aspect of malnutrition if
their diet lacks the nutrients their body needs for good
health
• Most vulnerable group
– Children under fives
– Pregnant and _ lactating mothers
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Causative Factors of Malnutrition
The basic cause of malnutrition is under development, which bring
along;
• Social and economic problems
• Poverty
• Lack of hygiene
These lead to
• inadequate food intake
• Disease, especially infections like diarrhoea and malaria
Kwashiorkor is a kind of malnutrition. It is primarily caused due to Marasmus is a kind of malnutrition that occurs due to
Definition
insufficient intake of proteins. deficiency of proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the diet.
Affecting Generally children of age 1-5 years Generally children under the age 1
Acute malnutrition Wasting or Acute inadequate nutrition leading to rapid weight loss or
thinness failure to gain weight normally
Chronic malnutrition Stunting or Inadequate nutrition over long period of time leading to
shortness failure of linear growth
Acute and chronic Underweight A combination measure, therefore, it could occur as a result
malnutrition of wasting, stunting, or both
Diet
Activity
Time spent in vigorous activity: organized sports, physical education, free play
Functions
• Carbohydrates provide the body with energy and may be
converted into fats.
• Carbohydrates provide most of the energy in the Gambian
diet.
Functions
• Proteins provide the body with material for growth, repair,
and reproduction.
• They can also be used for the production of heat and other
forms of energy, but their fundamental importance in the
diet is for growth and repair, of which no other nutrient can
be a substitute.
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Macronutrients
Fats
Sources
• Fats: fatty meat (beef, mutton, pork), fatty fish,
lard, butter, margarine, whole milk, fenneh, palm
kernel
• Oils: groundnut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil or any
other vegetable oils and palm oil
Functions
• Fats provide fuel or energy and can be stored as
body fat in the human body. Fats are the richest
source of energy.
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Micronutrients
Minerals & Vitamins
Sources of vitamins and minerals
• Vegetables, especially the dark green leafy
types Yellow and orange coloured fruits and
vegetables like carrots, pumpkins, papaya,
mango, tomato, and oranges.
• Fruits with sour juice like orange, lime, lemon,
and grapefruit
Carbohydrates: Protein:
Rice, Millet, Maize, Findi, Meat, poultry, Fish, Beans
“Netetou”
Potato & Cassava Breast
Milk
Fats/Oils: Vegetable/Fruit: ,
Palm oil G/nut oil, Sesame oil, Carrots, Pumpkin, greens,