Straighterline Nutrition Final Already
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muscle wasting, blindness, scurvy, pellagra, beriberi, anemia, rickets, goiter, and a host of other
problems ✔✔Ex undernutrition long-term affects
cognitive development w
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Straighterline Nutrition Final Already
Passed
muscle wasting, blindness, scurvy, pellagra, beriberi, anemia, rickets, goiter, and a host of other
problems ✔✔Ex undernutrition long-term affects
cognitive development will likely be impaired, ✔✔About 1 billion people, mostly in the
developing world, are affected by iron deficiency.-effects?
are iron, vitamin A, iodide, zinc, and various B vitamins (e.g., folate), as well as selenium and
vitamin C ✔✔The most critical micronutrients missing from diets worldwide are
Xerophthalmia-Blindness from chronic eye infections, restricted growth, dryness, and
keratinization of epithelial tissues ✔✔Vitamin A deficiency
Rickets-Poorly calcified bones, bowed legs, and other bone deformities ✔✔Vitamin D deficiency
Beriberi-Nerve degeneration, altered muscle coordination, and cardiovascular problems
✔✔Thiamin deficiency
Ariboflavinosis-Inflammation of tongue, mouth, face, and oral cavity; nervous system disorders
✔✔Riboflavin deficiency
Pellagra-Diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia ✔✔Niacin deficiency
Megaloblastic anemia-Enlarged red blood cells, fatigue, and weakness ✔✔Folate deficiency
Scurvy-Delayed wound healing, internal bleeding, and abnormal formation of bones and teeth
✔✔Vitamin C deficiency
Iron-deficiency anemia-Reduced work output, retarded growth, and increased health risk in
pregnancy ✔✔Iron deficiency
Goiter-Enlarged thyroid gland in teenagers and adults, possible mental retardation, and congenital
hypothyroidism ✔✔Iodide deficiency
• Reduced energy and strength
• Diminished concentration
• Impaired ability to learn
• Lowered productivity
• Worsening of chronic health conditions
• Increased susceptibility to infectious diseases
• Deterioration of mood
• Slowed recovery from illness and injury
• Decreased birthweights
• Decreased growth in infants and children ✔✔Effects semi-starvation
For low-income: Electronic benefit transfer (debit) cards are given to purchase food at grocery
stores; the amount is based on size of household and income. ✔✔Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamp Program)* program
For low-income: Provides nutrition assistance to needy Americans through distribution of USDA
food commodities. ✔✔The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)*
Pregnant women, children 0-6 and seniors: USDA surplus foods are distributed by county
agencies; not found in all states; may be based on nutritional risk. ✔✔Commodity Supplemental
Food Program
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