Question

How do the following factors contribute to malnutrition; poverty, lack of education, disease and environmental factors. How can food assistance programs help alleviate these issues? Use the material in the text and lecture to support your response. Use proper APA citation.

Answer 1

Answer: Malnutrition is a condition when there is lack of nutrients in the body. The malnutrition is caused by many factors such as poverty, lack of education etc.

• Poverty: Due to poverty, people are unable get proper foods and fruits. Most of them eats what they get. They do not have options or choice to eat particular nutritious food. Hence this causes malnutrition.
• Lack of education: lack of knowledge causes reduced intake of good food, mineral and vitamin rich foods. Hence this also causes malnutrition.
• Disease: In diseased condition people are unable to eat properly because they sometimes did not get taste or they suffers from gastrointestinal disease which causes low absorption of the nutrients.
• Environmental factors: This includes the surroundings, also the minerals and vitamins food absence such as due to extreme hot climates.

The food assistance programs monitors the level of food intake which includes the nutritional values. They uplift the intake of nutrients as well as removes the barrier.