Ellen G. Piwoz
MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Virtual Event - Seizing Opportunity from the Jaws of Crisis: A Playbook for Nutrition
DEC 10, 2020 - 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM EST
Jim Yong Kim
MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Building New Foundations of Human Solidarity
27th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
DEC 6, 2017 - 02:00 PM TO 03:30 PM EST
Barry M. Popkin
SPECIAL EVENT
28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
Confronting the New Face of Malnutrition: Regulatory and Fiscal Approaches to Improving Diets
OCT 29, 2018 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
This document summarizes the evolution of understanding and approaches to addressing malnutrition over the past 50 years. It began with a focus on treating severe protein deficiency and hunger in the 1950s-1960s. In the 1970s, the importance of multisectoral interventions was recognized. However, these had little impact, leading to a more isolated focus on micronutrients and breastfeeding in the 1980s. Understanding continued evolving in the 1990s-2000s to incorporate the political economy of nutrition and promote biofortified crops. High-level political commitment to addressing undernutrition increased significantly from 2010 onward among international organizations and governments. The book explores lessons learned from different contexts and times on improving nutrition.
This seminar was held in partnership with WFP under the title of "Utilizing evidence-based research to inform policy: The Case of School Feeding Programs"
Jim Yong Kim
MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Building New Foundations of Human Solidarity
27th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
DEC 6, 2017 - 02:00 PM TO 03:30 PM EST
Barry M. Popkin
SPECIAL EVENT
28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
Confronting the New Face of Malnutrition: Regulatory and Fiscal Approaches to Improving Diets
OCT 29, 2018 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
This document summarizes the evolution of understanding and approaches to addressing malnutrition over the past 50 years. It began with a focus on treating severe protein deficiency and hunger in the 1950s-1960s. In the 1970s, the importance of multisectoral interventions was recognized. However, these had little impact, leading to a more isolated focus on micronutrients and breastfeeding in the 1980s. Understanding continued evolving in the 1990s-2000s to incorporate the political economy of nutrition and promote biofortified crops. High-level political commitment to addressing undernutrition increased significantly from 2010 onward among international organizations and governments. The book explores lessons learned from different contexts and times on improving nutrition.
This seminar was held in partnership with WFP under the title of "Utilizing evidence-based research to inform policy: The Case of School Feeding Programs"
BY WEAVING STORIES together with analysis and description in this book, we have sought to convey the variety of experiences in tackling malnutrition in different contexts throughout the past five decades. This narrative approach is intended to help the reader translate an experience into his or her own context, showing many examples of what can be done and how success can be achieved. Our aim is not only to inform action, but to inspire.
ODISHA, A STATE of 42 million people in eastern India, is one of the poorest in the country. It has faced many development challenges over the years, including insurgent movements, large pockets of extreme deprivation among scheduled tribe communities, social disparities, and natural disasters, as well as a relatively late fiscal turnaround (in 2004–2005) in comparison with other states. Yet Odisha has made significant progress in reducing child undernutrition—less than India as a whole, but more than many other richer states. How has it achieved this progress?
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening condition affecting mostly children under five years of age. It is caused by a combination of infection, such as diarrheal disease, and poor diets that are inadequate for nutritional needs. SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. Despite the size of the problem, until the early 2000s SAM appeared to be a so-called neglected disease: little support went to large-scale treatment programs targeted toward children with SAM. Few countries-even among those with a high prevalence of malnutrition-had a clear national policy for detecting and treating SAM children.10 The development and adoption of a new approach-the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)-was to change the public health nutrition landscape by bringing treatment out of hospitals and into the community
FEW SECTORS HAVE clearer links to nutrition than agriculture. Most simply, of course, agriculture is a source of food. Because many poor households around the world grow food that they both consume and sell for income, agricultural interventions can have a massive effect on the lives of people in developing countries. Through the decades, and most famously in Asia’s Green Revolution, development projects have sought to boost agricultural production of staple foods as a way of improving people’s nutrition. Yet, while consuming a sufficient quantity of calories is important, especially among undernourished populations, quality matters too. Thus, the traditional focus on producing enough food to meet people’s calorie needs has evolved into a deeper understanding that to improve nutrition, we also need people to consume balanced, high-quality, and diverse diets that contain enough essential nutrients to meet their daily requirements.
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa.
This document summarizes key information on improving nutrition over the past 50 years, including paradigms in international nutrition from the 1950s to present. It discusses lessons learned from community nutrition programming case studies in countries like Bangladesh, as well as the importance of infant and young child feeding best practices. The document also examines approaches to tackling micronutrient deficiencies through interventions like salt iodization in China and micronutrient powders in Mongolia. Finally, it outlines the community-based management of acute malnutrition model and case studies of its implementation in countries such as Malawi.
THE CALLS FOR strong leadership in the fight against global and national malnutrition have multiplied during the past decade. The role of nutrition champions in advocating for nutrition, formulating policies, and coordinating and implementing action in nutrition have increasingly been recognized in such countries as Peru, Brazil, Thailand, and the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Global initiatives such as the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the African Nutrition Leadership Programme, and the European Nutrition Leadership Platform have invested in building up capacity for leadership among national governments, civil society, and the private sector. The World Public Health Nutrition Association’s guide on competencies needed to build up the workforce in global public health nutrition identified leadership as key. More widely, leadership within the field of public health has been highlighted as key to moving child or maternal health higher up on the global agenda and tackling critical issues such as HIV and AIDS at the national and community levels.
RAPID ADVANCES IN economic development and healthcare in Brazil have contributed to significant improvements in child health and nutrition in recent decades. Brazil met Millennium Development Goal 1—halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, and Goal 4—reducing by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate. Beyond significant advances in reducing poverty and improving food and nutrition security throughout the country, Brazil has also been successful in reducing socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. What lies behind this success? This case study examines the policies, approaches, and process that contributed to the reduction in child stunting and other key indicators of malnutrition.
Kaleab Baye presented on diets and stunting in Ethiopia. Stunting rates have declined overall but inequalities persist, with the lowest wealth quintile having the highest rates. Complementary foods in Ethiopia are often low in quantity, diversity, and quality. Improving maternal and child nutrition requires interventions across food systems to increase availability, accessibility, and affordability of nutrient-dense foods as well as improving caregiver feeding practices and maternal health. Comprehensive measures are needed to assess diet quality and reduce consumption of unhealthy foods and risks to food safety.
THAILAND REDUCED CHILD undernutrition by more than half within one decade—an achievement recognized by the nutrition community as one of the best examples of a successful national nutrition program. Underweight rates among children under five decreased from more than 50 percent to less than 20 percent from 1982 to 1991, and severe and moderate underweight rates were nearly eliminated. The underweight rate was further reduced to 10 percent by 1996 and to 9 percent by 2012. Maternal care interventions were also successful. Thailand improved the reach of antenatal care—coverage increased from 35 percent in 1981 to near 95 percent in 2006. And iron-deficiency anemia prevalence among pregnant women was reduced from nearly 60 percent in the 1960s to 10 percent in 2005.
REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN welfare and human development indicators in Bangladesh—including a notable reduction in the poverty headcount—have accompanied recent economic growth.1 Some aspects of nutrition have been part of this success story. For example, the percentage of underweight children declined by 1.1 percent per year and stunting rates declined by 1.3 percent per year between 1997 and 2007.2 And this trend has continued, with rates of child stunting falling to 36 percent in 2014 (Figure 12.1). Other countries may have experienced shorter, quicker reductions, but the Bangladesh story reflects “one of the fastest prolonged reductions in child underweight and stunting prevalence in recorded history.
Nepal experienced rapid reductions in maternal and child undernutrition from 1996-2011, despite civil war and political instability. The prevalence of stunting in children under 2 fell from 48% to 27%, and maternal underweight fell from 28% to 20%. These gains were achieved through increased access to health services, household asset growth, improved education levels, and sanitation access. Lessons learned include the importance of improved service delivery, multi-sector collaboration, and addressing social and gender norms to sustain nutrition progress.
Stineke Oenema
WEBINAR
Small-Scale Irrigation, Resilience and Nutrition: Can We Have It All?
An official side event of the World Food Prize 2020 Borlaug Dialogue
Co-Organized by IFPRI, UNSCN, ILSSI, AUC and SEWA
OCT 13, 2020 - 07:30 AM TO 08:30 AM CDT
Policies and Programs on food and Nutrition in Ethiopiaessp2
This document outlines policies and programs on food and nutrition in Ethiopia. It discusses nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, and the pathways through which nutrition-sensitive interventions can affect diet and food systems. It then provides an overview of Ethiopia's policy landscape on food and nutrition, outlining various strategies and policies that aim to improve nutrition, including the Food, Nutrition and Policy, Agriculture Growth Program Phase II, Productive Safety Net Program, and National Nutrition Program. The document concludes that Ethiopia has a favorable policy environment for improving diets and nutrition, but effective implementation, coordination, evidence-based scaling up of interventions, and strong monitoring and evaluation are still needed.
The economic case for investing in nutritionGlo_PAN
Presented by Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the launch of "African Leaders for Nutrition" at the African Development Bank Annual meeting (23 May 2016, Lusaka, Zambia).
More info: Glopan.org/african-leaders-nutrition
10. Unexamined Food Is Not Worth Eating M.Gale SmithLGRIS
The document argues that food literacy should be the foundation for food and nutrition courses. It discusses how nutrition advice is confusing due to contradictory studies. It also notes the health crisis caused by rising obesity rates and how we live in an "obesogenic" environment due to the food industry spending billions on advertising. The document advocates for food literacy to address issues like nutritional illiteracy, loss of food preparation skills, and food insecurity. It defines food literacy as the study of food systems and their interactions with biological, social, and environmental factors.
The Global Nutrition Report's emphasis on nutritional well-being for all, particularly the most vulnerable, has a heightened significance in the face of this new global threat. The need for more equitable, resilient and sustainable food and health systems has never been more urgent.
BY WEAVING STORIES together with analysis and description in this book, we have sought to convey the variety of experiences in tackling malnutrition in different contexts throughout the past five decades. This narrative approach is intended to help the reader translate an experience into his or her own context, showing many examples of what can be done and how success can be achieved. Our aim is not only to inform action, but to inspire.
ODISHA, A STATE of 42 million people in eastern India, is one of the poorest in the country. It has faced many development challenges over the years, including insurgent movements, large pockets of extreme deprivation among scheduled tribe communities, social disparities, and natural disasters, as well as a relatively late fiscal turnaround (in 2004–2005) in comparison with other states. Yet Odisha has made significant progress in reducing child undernutrition—less than India as a whole, but more than many other richer states. How has it achieved this progress?
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening condition affecting mostly children under five years of age. It is caused by a combination of infection, such as diarrheal disease, and poor diets that are inadequate for nutritional needs. SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. Despite the size of the problem, until the early 2000s SAM appeared to be a so-called neglected disease: little support went to large-scale treatment programs targeted toward children with SAM. Few countries-even among those with a high prevalence of malnutrition-had a clear national policy for detecting and treating SAM children.10 The development and adoption of a new approach-the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)-was to change the public health nutrition landscape by bringing treatment out of hospitals and into the community
FEW SECTORS HAVE clearer links to nutrition than agriculture. Most simply, of course, agriculture is a source of food. Because many poor households around the world grow food that they both consume and sell for income, agricultural interventions can have a massive effect on the lives of people in developing countries. Through the decades, and most famously in Asia’s Green Revolution, development projects have sought to boost agricultural production of staple foods as a way of improving people’s nutrition. Yet, while consuming a sufficient quantity of calories is important, especially among undernourished populations, quality matters too. Thus, the traditional focus on producing enough food to meet people’s calorie needs has evolved into a deeper understanding that to improve nutrition, we also need people to consume balanced, high-quality, and diverse diets that contain enough essential nutrients to meet their daily requirements.
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa.
This document summarizes key information on improving nutrition over the past 50 years, including paradigms in international nutrition from the 1950s to present. It discusses lessons learned from community nutrition programming case studies in countries like Bangladesh, as well as the importance of infant and young child feeding best practices. The document also examines approaches to tackling micronutrient deficiencies through interventions like salt iodization in China and micronutrient powders in Mongolia. Finally, it outlines the community-based management of acute malnutrition model and case studies of its implementation in countries such as Malawi.
THE CALLS FOR strong leadership in the fight against global and national malnutrition have multiplied during the past decade. The role of nutrition champions in advocating for nutrition, formulating policies, and coordinating and implementing action in nutrition have increasingly been recognized in such countries as Peru, Brazil, Thailand, and the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Global initiatives such as the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the African Nutrition Leadership Programme, and the European Nutrition Leadership Platform have invested in building up capacity for leadership among national governments, civil society, and the private sector. The World Public Health Nutrition Association’s guide on competencies needed to build up the workforce in global public health nutrition identified leadership as key. More widely, leadership within the field of public health has been highlighted as key to moving child or maternal health higher up on the global agenda and tackling critical issues such as HIV and AIDS at the national and community levels.
RAPID ADVANCES IN economic development and healthcare in Brazil have contributed to significant improvements in child health and nutrition in recent decades. Brazil met Millennium Development Goal 1—halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, and Goal 4—reducing by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate. Beyond significant advances in reducing poverty and improving food and nutrition security throughout the country, Brazil has also been successful in reducing socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. What lies behind this success? This case study examines the policies, approaches, and process that contributed to the reduction in child stunting and other key indicators of malnutrition.
Kaleab Baye presented on diets and stunting in Ethiopia. Stunting rates have declined overall but inequalities persist, with the lowest wealth quintile having the highest rates. Complementary foods in Ethiopia are often low in quantity, diversity, and quality. Improving maternal and child nutrition requires interventions across food systems to increase availability, accessibility, and affordability of nutrient-dense foods as well as improving caregiver feeding practices and maternal health. Comprehensive measures are needed to assess diet quality and reduce consumption of unhealthy foods and risks to food safety.
THAILAND REDUCED CHILD undernutrition by more than half within one decade—an achievement recognized by the nutrition community as one of the best examples of a successful national nutrition program. Underweight rates among children under five decreased from more than 50 percent to less than 20 percent from 1982 to 1991, and severe and moderate underweight rates were nearly eliminated. The underweight rate was further reduced to 10 percent by 1996 and to 9 percent by 2012. Maternal care interventions were also successful. Thailand improved the reach of antenatal care—coverage increased from 35 percent in 1981 to near 95 percent in 2006. And iron-deficiency anemia prevalence among pregnant women was reduced from nearly 60 percent in the 1960s to 10 percent in 2005.
REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN welfare and human development indicators in Bangladesh—including a notable reduction in the poverty headcount—have accompanied recent economic growth.1 Some aspects of nutrition have been part of this success story. For example, the percentage of underweight children declined by 1.1 percent per year and stunting rates declined by 1.3 percent per year between 1997 and 2007.2 And this trend has continued, with rates of child stunting falling to 36 percent in 2014 (Figure 12.1). Other countries may have experienced shorter, quicker reductions, but the Bangladesh story reflects “one of the fastest prolonged reductions in child underweight and stunting prevalence in recorded history.
Nepal experienced rapid reductions in maternal and child undernutrition from 1996-2011, despite civil war and political instability. The prevalence of stunting in children under 2 fell from 48% to 27%, and maternal underweight fell from 28% to 20%. These gains were achieved through increased access to health services, household asset growth, improved education levels, and sanitation access. Lessons learned include the importance of improved service delivery, multi-sector collaboration, and addressing social and gender norms to sustain nutrition progress.
Stineke Oenema
WEBINAR
Small-Scale Irrigation, Resilience and Nutrition: Can We Have It All?
An official side event of the World Food Prize 2020 Borlaug Dialogue
Co-Organized by IFPRI, UNSCN, ILSSI, AUC and SEWA
OCT 13, 2020 - 07:30 AM TO 08:30 AM CDT
Policies and Programs on food and Nutrition in Ethiopiaessp2
This document outlines policies and programs on food and nutrition in Ethiopia. It discusses nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, and the pathways through which nutrition-sensitive interventions can affect diet and food systems. It then provides an overview of Ethiopia's policy landscape on food and nutrition, outlining various strategies and policies that aim to improve nutrition, including the Food, Nutrition and Policy, Agriculture Growth Program Phase II, Productive Safety Net Program, and National Nutrition Program. The document concludes that Ethiopia has a favorable policy environment for improving diets and nutrition, but effective implementation, coordination, evidence-based scaling up of interventions, and strong monitoring and evaluation are still needed.
The economic case for investing in nutritionGlo_PAN
Presented by Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the launch of "African Leaders for Nutrition" at the African Development Bank Annual meeting (23 May 2016, Lusaka, Zambia).
More info: Glopan.org/african-leaders-nutrition
10. Unexamined Food Is Not Worth Eating M.Gale SmithLGRIS
The document argues that food literacy should be the foundation for food and nutrition courses. It discusses how nutrition advice is confusing due to contradictory studies. It also notes the health crisis caused by rising obesity rates and how we live in an "obesogenic" environment due to the food industry spending billions on advertising. The document advocates for food literacy to address issues like nutritional illiteracy, loss of food preparation skills, and food insecurity. It defines food literacy as the study of food systems and their interactions with biological, social, and environmental factors.
The Global Nutrition Report's emphasis on nutritional well-being for all, particularly the most vulnerable, has a heightened significance in the face of this new global threat. The need for more equitable, resilient and sustainable food and health systems has never been more urgent.
Assignment #1 – This assignment should help you to organize your t.docxdavezstarr61655
Assignment #1 – This assignment should help you to organize your thoughts about your research. Take time to really think about the questions – this effort will make writing the actual paper much easier. Please complete this worksheet and submit on Bb. You need to submit only once per pair (make sure I know who you are working with!).
1. With your partner, develop a research question. Write your research question here:
*Please ensure that the question is not answered by the book’s author.
Question is. "How has the development in human society led to the increased frequency of obesity?"
2. Why do you have this question? Please write a paragraph or two explaining your interest in this question. Give specific information from the book that leads you to ask this question (include page numbers). Explain how this information relates to your question.
Obesity in the whole world has become a public health problem in that it has raised concern. About 700 million people aged 15 years and above in the entire world are obese. The prevalence rate of based on years past shows a rapid increase of obesity in developed countries mainly Pacific region. Various cancers, cardiovascular diseases-morbidities, type II diabetes are some of the factors which lead to morbidity and mortality; this is based on literature on body exhaustive.
A public health strategy is, therefore, to be developed based on prevention of obesity rate of increase. The development and also the process of policies on preventing obesity should target factors which tend to contribute to obesity. Moreover, it should target barriers to lifestyle changes which are personal and also environmental and levels socioeconomic.
There are etiologies which contribute to obesity in which this etiologies are multifactorial,some if these factors include sedentary lifestyle, adverse socio-economic conditions which are there in developed countries, high rate of energy dense food, rigid restraint, alcohol, large portion sizes and food ratio which are prepared outside home (mostly in developed countries) page 70 (International journal of environmental research and public health).
There is a proposed framework by sacks (2009) where a suggestion is made that there should be policy actions and implementation of health strategies to preventing obesity. These factors target environments, behaviors directly influencing people, physical activity settings, food environments and also the socioeconomic environments.
3. What do you need to learn as a biologist to understand your question in the context of human evolution?
Obesity, diabetes and also metabolic syndrome has become a worldwide health concern due to that they are growing rapidly, and their causes are not fully understood. Therefore a research into the obesity epidemic etiology is highly appreciated depending on the evolutionary roots of metabolic control. Thrifty gene hypothesis argues that obesity is an evolutionary roots of metabolic control .
Quote from the Introduction from the Global Nutrition report
"This year’s Global Nutrition Report focuses on the interdependence of the SDGs, and how progress against one goal generates progress for all. Nowhere are these linkages more evident than in the food agenda. As the producers, manufacturers and retailers of most of the world’s food, business has a responsibility to help drive the food system transformation. As a progressive food company, we are
committed to helping redesign our global food and agriculture system, to give everyone access to healthy and nutritious food and diets and thereby create a brighter future for all.
GOOD NUTRITION IS THE BEDROCK OF HUMAN WELL-BEING. BEFORE BIRTH AND THROUGHOUT INFANCY, GOOD NUTRITION ALLOWS BRAIN FUNCTIONING TO evolve without impairment and immune systems to develop more robustly. For young children, good nutrition status averts death and equips the body to grow and develop to its full potential. Over the course of the human lifespan, it leads to more effective learning at school, better-nourished mothers who give birth to better-nourished children, and adults who are likelier to be productive and earn higher wages. In middle age, it gives people metabolisms that are better prepared to ward off the diseases associated with changes in diet and physical activity. Without good nutrition, people’s lives and livelihoods are built on quicksand.
Redina and her family are refugees suffering from malnutrition due to ongoing conflict in their home country. Malnutrition has been a lingering issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo, causing health, economic, and well-being issues. More worldwide collaborative efforts are needed to address malnutrition, not just between local groups but also between international communities.
This report highlights global progress and challenges in addressing malnutrition. While some countries have successfully reduced stunting rates, overall progress toward global nutrition targets is too slow. Most countries now face multiple forms of malnutrition simultaneously. Coverage of nutrition-specific interventions needs to improve. Investments in nutrition-sensitive development programs are also important to address the underlying causes of malnutrition but need to be designed and implemented in a more nutrition-sensitive way. The enabling policy environment for nutrition is strengthening in some areas but not rapidly enough. Strengthening accountability for nutrition commitments and results is a priority going forward.
This document discusses global health and intersectoral collaboration. It begins by defining global health as health problems that transcend national boundaries and are best addressed through international cooperation. It then discusses John Rawls' theory of justice and how global health relates to equality for all. Several definitions of global health from the WHO and Institute of Medicine are provided. The document also discusses the importance of intersectoral collaboration, using the example of different agencies involved in planning the London 2012 Olympics. It outlines challenges and opportunities in global health, such as the need for sustainable development and ensuring environmental considerations.
Why Nutrition Education Matters
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Training Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Aims and ObjectivesCharity Anyika
This document provides an overview of health visiting, including its history and aims. It discusses the origins of health visiting in the 19th century due to poor sanitation and overcrowding in cities. It also outlines the roles of Florence Nightingale and the Royal Sanitary Institute in establishing health visiting. The document states that the aims of ongoing health visitor training are to improve children's health and well-being, ensure delivery of preventative services, and identify those who need additional support. It provides examples of university health visiting course contents and structures.
This document discusses global nursing issues related to healthcare. It notes that many people worldwide lack access to basic healthcare due to factors such as poverty, limited resources, and political/cultural differences between countries. Nurses are encouraged to advocate for underserved populations and help address challenges in developing nations. Some of the key challenges include a lack of clean water/sanitation, malnutrition, and infectious diseases. Nurses can make a difference by supporting education programs, donation efforts, and advocating for improved global health policies.
Nutritional Knowledge and Practices of Pre-School Teachers in Homa Bay Countypaperpublications3
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to investigate nutrition relationship between pre-school teachers’ nutritional knowledge and practice in Homa Bay County. The study investigated the following aspects of nutrition knowledge; balanced diet, source of nutrients, food preparation, food storage and preservation. The specific objectives were: to assess the nutritional knowledge and practices between pre-school teachers; Jerome Brunner’ (1978) theories on knowledge representation guided the study; his three modes on nutritional knowledge to the teachers and learners basically on cognitive development. The three models are enactive, iconic and symbolic. The study adopted a descriptive design to investigate the relationship between pre-school teachers’ nutritional knowledge and practices. Questionnaire, interview schedule and observation checklists were used as instruments of data collection. Data analysis was done qualitatively and quantitatively methods. Findings showed that nutritional knowledge and practices among preschool teachers is very low in Homa Bay County. Most of the respondents knew about only three food groups type, a significant number of them were unable to categorise different food types in their respective groups. Proper nutrition was found to be positively correlated with preschool children academic performance. The study also established that the relationship between pre- school teachers’ nutritional knowledge and practices was not significant. The study recommends that strategies need to be put in place to improve nutritional knowledge and practices of preschool teachers in Homa Bay County and country at large, this will be through cooperation of Ministry of Education, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and other policy makers in the education sector.
This document provides an overview and analysis of family health and nutrition policy in the United States. It discusses the problem of food insecurity and defines key terms. It explains why food insecurity is considered a public problem due to market failures in the private sector. The document outlines several federal food assistance programs, including SNAP and WIC, and reviews the history and objectives of these programs. It also examines research on the impacts and effectiveness of SNAP and WIC. Finally, the document proposes some policy alternatives and recommendations to improve access to healthy foods.
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Topic 1 Popular fad diets vs. NutritionIntroductionAs someon.docxjuliennehar
Topic 1: Popular fad diets vs. Nutrition
Introduction:
As someone who feels constantly unhealthy, I closely follow popular diets in search of a healthier me. I have embarked several diets that left me feeling average at best. For four years I was a vegetarian, vegan for three months, paleo for two months and keto for two months. Each of these diets restricted me from the nutrients I needed, as well as added a layer of problems and complications. They also left me tired, and unable to process things later on when I ended each diet. When I decided to eat meat again after four years, I vividly recall many times where my life was consumed by hovering over a toilet after only a few bites of meat. It greatly impacted my social life, and my doctor warned me that these diets were dangerous to a young adult. After several blood tests, we found that these diets ended up giving more problems than benefits. They found that I was low in important nutrients such as magnesium, potassium, vitamins B12, D, became I became dangerously anemic (low in iron).
Topic Proposal:
My topic is focused on the short/long term effects fad diets and how the youth interprets diets displayed in popular media. Fad diets are diets popularized by the media that typically focus on the elimination of eating certain food groups to achieve weight-loss. However, this leads to a huge impact of nutrition given that restriction of entire food groups can erase one’s intake and even ability to process vital nutrients. The most common diets suggest limiting consumption of carbohydrates, fats or/and over-indulging in foods such as grapefruit. These diets, while promoting something considered positive, weight-loss, also can lead one into serious health problems.
Focus:
I am to focus on the common misconceptions on dieting and weight-loss. I want to uncover the great risks that come with the most popular dieting methods due to the restriction of vital nutrients as well as a solutions that nutritionists actually support. In hopes of finding a solution, I also want to take a look into positive diets promoted in the media, or if there is even a diet that is generally helpful and doable for the general public.
Importance:
While many people seem to focus on the obesity epidemic in the U.S., I want to focus on more plausible dieting solutions that promote long term health and healthy weight loss. The nutrients people deprive themselves of can lead to an even more unhealthy society caused by the lack of education on healthy dieting habits. Many people look to social media to find healthy goals and role models end up greatly damaging their body and could later on effect their children and society at a whole. Students and young adults are most at risk for joining unhealthy diets given that they are on social media the most. If DU and other schools promote healthy relationships with food it would benefit their ability to perform as well as their life and longevity.
Sources:
I will research fad di ...
The Hidden Epidemic Unveiling the Realities of Food Insecurity.pptAhmadTariq64
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Seizing Opportunity from the Jaws of Crisis: A Playbook for Nutrition
1. Seizing Opportunity from
the Jaws of Crisis
A Playbook for Nutrition
Ellen G. Piwoz, ScD
30th Annual Martin J. Forman Lecture
December 10, 2020
2. I was invited to offer “personal and often unconventional
views about major issues related to international nutrition”…
and..
“reflect on my overall body of
work, the challenges I faced,
and what I see as the next
frontier for nutrition.”
4. Four Common Truths
1. The multisectoral nature of nutrition has long been
recognized
2. Nutrition is contextual and requires adapted solutions
3. Progress requires investing in people and institutions
4. It is critical to know how to get things done in your
organization – no matter where you work
6. The Lancet Maternal and Child Undernutrition Series
was a launchpad for creating change
7. The pandemic has brought to light just how integral
nutrition and food systems are to health, livelihoods,
and the environment….
The enormous burden of disease associated with poor
nutrition and unhealthy diets, coupled with the unaffordability
and declining consumption of healthy foods underscores that
nutrition and food systems belong together and that
policies are urgently needed to address nutrition and food
issues holistically and coherently
9. We are at a critical juncture…
There are political opportunities on the horizon
A new US administration
SUN entering a new phase
UN Food Systems Summit
Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit
Join together, embrace the challenge, seize the opportunity, come
up with a playbook for the new realities we face.
10. Thank you!
Special thanks to key informants
Mary Ann Anderson, Phil Baker, Shawn
Baker, Jess Fanzo, Marcia Griffiths, Nemat
Hajeebhoy, Maura Mack. Purnima Menon,
Will Moore, Anne Peniston, Abi Perry,
Rahul Rawat, Meera Shekar, Hope Sukin,
Mellen Tanamly, Cesar Victora, Neil
Watkins, Patrick Webb
Hannah Guedenet (slides)