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Terminology related to human nutrition
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Relation of food and nutrition to health
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Anti nutritional factors present in common foods
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Nutritional deficiency diseases in developing countries and their prevention measures
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Learn applied human nutrition with Braimy – B.Sc Agriculture
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1. Strategy to increase food production:

– Use bare land for cultivation, improve method of farming, produce nutrients which could be used as foods by chemical engineering, genetic engineering, or through GMC/A.

 

2. Food consumption and distribution system should be improved:

 

– Government action: legislation

– Food subsidies: artificial lowering of price

– Rationing scheme: to make food available in limited amounts

– Black markets: should controlled.

– Food enrichment program: food enriched or fortified by addition of def. nutrients.

– Welfare food program: for poor people as school meal, nursing mothers.

 

 

3. Government procurement and distribution system should be improved:

 

– Transport problems

– Storage of foods

– Price control

 

4. International aids should be properly utilized on social justice basis so that real target will benefit it.

 

5. Nutrition education and functional literacy program:

– Teach about health education (people of all sector teach to their patients/pupils/consumers etc)

 

6. Nutrition intervention program:

a. Nutritional measures: such as food subsidies, rationing scheme, fortification, welfare food as school meal etc.

b. Non-nutritional measures: radio, TV, newspapers, magazines plays role in extension of knowledge about importance of health education.

 

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