Overview

This lesson is about the serious health problems caused by poor nutrition. It explains how poor diets and infections can lead to different types of malnutrition and describes the diseases, illnesses and health problems that can result when people do not get enough food, the right variety of food, or when they eat more food than they need. It discusses the most common problems of poor nutrition and their effects on the body and provides descriptions of their signs and symptoms.

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand that poor diets lead to various forms of malnutrition, which have very serious health consequences for children, adolescents and adults
• recognize and describe the signs and health effects of poor nutrition

  Lesson Structure

Lesson 3 is divided in three parts:

• Part 1: Problems of Undernutrition
• Part 2: Problems from a Lack of Vitamins and Minerals
• Part 3: Problems of “Overnutrition”

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