SS1 Second Term Food and Nutrition Lesson Note – Dietary Deficiency Diseases

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WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: FOOD AND NUTRITION

CLASS: SS 1

TOPIC:  Dietary deficiency diseases.

CONTENT:  

• Dietary deficiency disease e.g. Kwashiorkor, obesity, marasmus, etc.
• Signs, symptoms and causes of deficiency disease.

Sub-topic 1:

Dietary deficiency diseases.

Deficiency disease are disease that result from malnutrition as a result ofun balance nutrient, intake when there is inadequate consumption of too little or  too much of one or many nutrients, deficiency disease can occur.

Examples of deficiency diseases: Protein deficiency diseases are diseases that result from lack of protein in the body. E.g., kwashiorkor. Kwashiorkor deficiency disease is common among children. It is characterized by retention of fluid and accumulation of fatty acid in the liver and oedema.

SYMPTOMS OF KWASHIORKOR

1. Poor growth and development among children
2. The children may appear thin with wasted muscles.
3. Hair colour may change from black to brown
4. Hair may stand erect instead of coiling
5. The child may look anemic due to insufficient blood.
6. Fluid may also accumulate beneath the skin particularly around the hand and legs e.g. (odema)
7. Diarrhoea may also occur.
8. The stomach may be protruded.
9. The child may appear miserable and apathetic.
10. A flaky –paint dermatitis condition whereby dark pigmented patches appear on the skin is also

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