3. Malnutrition
Risk factors:
Starvation of Young and Old
Vitamin deficiency
Body internal damage of organs
Obesity or extreme weight loss
Death
Incidences:
Poverty
Loss of Provisions
Political or Domestic Abuse
4. Form of Malnutrition
Starvation
When in a period of 1-2 months,
Damage and
shutdown of vital organs,
resulting in
death.
5. Treatment of Malnutrition
Replenish
Treatment of starvation consists of
increasing of nutrients intake slowly until
deficiency is cleared.
At end of treatment calorie intake should
be at 5000 calories per day.
7. Project GAIN
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION
$50,000,000 from
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
with $70,000,000 over 5 years
Includes Kraft Foods, Inc., Proctor and Gamble Co.,
H.J. Heinz with
vitamin manufacturers Roche and BASF Corp.