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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 [Show More]

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