Learning Objectives
- Analyse the underlying causes of child malnutrition and relate these to the relevant SDGs. Give examples of ways in which meeting SDG targets could improve child nutrition
- Discuss food security
- Define and describe the clinical features of stunting, wasting, underweight, and obesity
- Discuss micronutrient deficiencies including iron, Vit A, Vit D and iodine
- Describe the contributing factors and consequences of anaemia in the global context
- Discuss several public health approaches to reducing anaemia
- Outline the main principles of management for severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Child Malnutrition
- [%] of deaths of children <5 is attributed to malnutrition?
- undernourished children are at a higher risk of death due to [2 conditions]?
- what is in-utero malnutrition linked to later in life?
- what is the ‘double burden of malnutrition?’
- what defines moderate vs severe stunting?
- how can stunting be prevented during pregnancy?
- how can stunting be prevented postnatally?
- what defines moderate vs severe wasting?
- what are the consequences of wasting?
- what defines being moderately vs severely underweight?