Nutrisi dan Gizi Buruk  

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Krisnansari, Diah

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional
Dalam koleksi: Mandala of Health (A Scientific Journal) vol. 04 no. 01 (Jan. 2010), page 60-68.
Topik: nutrition; protein energy malnutrition; micronutrient deficiencies

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Malnutrition, with 2 constituents of protein-energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, continues to be a major health burden in developing countries. It is globally the most important risk factor for illness and death, with hundreds of millions of pregnant women and young children particularly afected. In Indonesia, Protein Energy Malnutrition (PW) and micronutrient deficiencies are still one of the most important and urgent health problems in the community, in which the underfive children are among the most vulnerable. Apart from marasmus and kwashiorkor (the 2 forms of protein- energy malnutrition), deficiencies in iron, iodine, vitamin A and zinc are the main manifestations of malnutrition in developing countries. In these communities, a high prevalence of poor diet and infectious disease regularly unites into a vicious circle. The high prevalence of bacterial and parasitic diseases in developing countries contributes greatly to Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM,) and micronutrient deficiencies there. Similarly, Protein Energy Malnutrition (PM) and micronutrient deficiencies increases one's susceptibility to and severity of infections, and is thus a major component of illness and death from disease. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) and micronutrient deficiencies is consequently the most important risk factor for the burden of disease in developing countries. Although nutrition treatment protocols for severe malnutrition have in recent years become more eficient, most patients (especially in rural areas) have little or no access to formal health services and are never seen in such settings. Interventions to prevent protein- energy malnutrition range from promoting breast-feeding to food supplementation schemes, whereas micronutrient defciencies would best be addressed through food-based strategies such as dietary diversification through home gardens and small livestock.

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