Today's focus will be on prevention and control of malnutrition
Everybody has a role to play in helping us eat and stay Healthy
For Doctors/ Health workers:
They should educate people on good nutrition in all environment they found themselves,
Hospital, market, steem community, Facebook etc
They should go into the community and identify those affected and at risk. This is known as nutritional surveillance.
They should inform policy makers on the nutritional needs of thier immediate community
Provide nutrient suppliments
And manage malnutrition
For the individual;
Should listen to advice, educative seminars and act upon them on his/her personal life.
Draw out a plan on how to achieve good and healthy meals.
See a Doctor or nutritionist if in doubt about information.
Go to a trained doctor when they fall sick.
For the government:
Should inspect foods, create policy and standards guiding Health food production, distribution and usage.
Listen to health practicioners on useful advice for policy making.
All these can be round up in the six ps of preventing malnutrition
Production:
Improve yield
Preservation:
Adequate and proper storage of food
Population;
Family planning services
Poverty:
Poverty alleviation programs
Politics:
Food policies
Pathology:
Proper treatment of disease.
Thank you for reading .
Next episode will be on food hygiene and safety.
