In order to live a healthy life we
need all kinds of nutrients in correct proportion. Plants need sunlight, water,
soil and manure for their growth. Like that human beings need nutrients of
different kinds for their optimum growth and development and maintenance of
health.
The word ' nutrition' comes from the
word ' nourish' and it includes all the ways in which the foodstuffs we eat are
absorbed by the body for the growth and development, energy and good health.
Nutrition and
health
When a person does not eat the right
nutrients in right quantity he or she is malnourished and we call this
condition as malnutrition.
Malnutrition is very common among
children in India. He or she is under-weight because of not having enough kind
of food needed for their growth. In many parts of India 40% of children is
under-weight for their ages.
When an under-weight child gets measles or diarrhea or some
other infection, the malnutrition gets worsened and he may die. A
well-nourished child is less likely to become sick and if at all he is
infected, he is able to overcome the disease condition.
Malnutrition also affects the
intelligence of a child. His or her trouble may start even before birth if his
mother does not have the right foods when she is pregnant. The malnourished
child is slow in learning and doing.
Adult people who are malnourished
are not able to work optimum. Production and development of the country are
slowed down because of malnutrition. Every one needs enough right kinds of
food.
Here is comparison of the effects on
the people of good nutrition and malnutrition.
Good
nutrition
1. Correct
weight for height and age.
2. Strong
muscles
3. Limbs
straight
4. Smooth,
clear skin and mucous membranes.
5. Healthy,
bright eyes,clear sight.
6. Hearing
well.
7. Breathing
unobstructed.
8. Teeth
well formed and free from dental caries
9. Tonsils
are normal and free from infection
10. Erect
posture in sitting, standing and walking.
11. Nerves
steady, expression calm and cheerful, quick to learn.
12. They
are energetic
13. Good resistance to infections.
Malnutrition
1. Weight
too much or too little for height and age.
2. Weak
muscles.
3. Bowlegs
or knock-knees.
4. Skin
dry and rough mucous membrane.
5. Eyes
dull, night blindness, poor sight.
6. Hearing
poor.
7. Mouth
breathing and adenoids will be present.
8. Malocclusion
of teeth, dental caries, spongy gums.
9. Tonsils
are enlarged, often infected.
10. Abnormal
gaite, twisted spine, protruding abdomen.
11. Nervous,
anxious, irritable, slow to learn.
12. They
are tired and listless.
13. Poor
resistance to infections.
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