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FND 101

2020-21

Preventive Medicine Workbook

NAME: Esraa Ahmed Abdullah Almas Alkumzari

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 Section 5: Diet and Malnutrition

A. Answer these questions:

1. What are the two main functions of food?

Energy
Health

2. Define:

diet eats certain kind and amounts of food.

balanced diet the right mixture of food supplies all the needs of the body (food in proportion).

3. What is the difference between diet and balanced diet?

Diet is the kind and amount of food whereas balanced diet is the right mixture of food that
supplies all the needs of the body.

4. What should a balanced diet contain?

Carbohydrates, fats, oils, protein, vitamins, minerals and roughage.

3. What are the two main types of carbohydrate?

Starch and sugar

4. Why does the body always need energy, even when at rest?
For the work of heart and other parts of the body.

5. Which two groups of people have the greatest need for vitamins and minerals?

i) children

ii) Sick people

6. What is roughage?

Part of vegetables and grains do not help the body to grow but helps to prevent constipation.

7. What four foods may be included in a balanced tropical diet?

Vegetables, fish, sugar and rice .

B. Complete the table below:

FOOD PRODUCT FOUND IN NEEDED FOR

carbohydrates Rice, millet, potato, yam, maize, Energy

bread, sugar.

Fats and oils butter, oil, cream, nuts Energy

Proteins
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Beaus, ground nuts, eggs, Growth and repair
meat, fish, chicken, milk.

vitamins Green and red vegetables, eggs, Health

unpolished rice, meat, fish, milk.

Roughage Part of vegetables and grains. Movements of bowels

(prevent constipation)

C. Answer these questions:

1. What do the following terms mean?

malnutrition not eating sufficient amount of the right food.

deficiency disease are caused by lack of certain foods in the diet.

weaning changing from mother’s milk to other foods.

2. What are some of the symptoms of malnutrition?

Tiredness, become ill very easily.

3. Give examples of four different types of people who may suffer from malnutrition.

i) Poor people.

ii) Those who don’t understand balanced .

iii) Alcoholics.

iv) Children who are not fed well.

4. What are the symptoms of kwashiorkor?

Swellings in the body especially the legs and feet.

5. What causes kwashiorkor?

Lack of protein in the diet, to gather with frequent illness.

6. How can kwashiorkor be prevented?

Give sufficient protein and immunization to prevent illness.

7. Name some foods rich in protein to supplement the pap given to a weaning child.

Beans, egg and milk.

8. What else can protein deficiency lead to in a growing child?

Harm the brain, mind may not develop fully.

9. What are the results of a lack of vitamins in a person’s diet?

A person become ill.

10. Is it good to take vitamin tablets every day? Why or why not?

No because too many vitamins can be harmful to the body.

11. What causes scurvy?

Lack of vitamin C.

12. What are the symptoms of scurvy?

Gums bleed and body unable to resist infection.