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42 Cards in this Set
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What is the most devastating global health issue?
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Hunger and malnutrtion
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About what percentage of the world's population is suffering from some form of malnutrition?
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30
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What is responsible for about half of the deaths of children ages 5 and younger worldwide?
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manutrition
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Lack of _____ is a major problem of malnutrtion.
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protein
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What is a major problem in third world countries?
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anemia
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True/False.
About half of the children in developing ocuntries are suffering from anemia. |
TRUE
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About ___ million children under the age of 12 in the US do not have enough food.
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13
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What is type of malnutrtion is the most widespread form?
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PEM
Protein-Energy Malnutrtion |
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What is Marasmus?
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Low energy (calorie) intake
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Marsmus is common in children who ____
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have been weaned too soon from mother's breast milk.
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What are some characteristics of people who suffer from Marsmus?
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-wasting away
-caved in face -bloated abd -vacant stare -weakened heart -inability to cry out |
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What is Kwashiorkor?
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severe protein deficiency, results from high carb and low protein dieet
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What are some symptoms exhibited by people suffering from Kwahiorkor?
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-stunted growth
-liver enlargement -skin and hair disorders -diarrhea and anemia |
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What are effects of Vit A deficiency?
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More vulnerable to infectious disease, respiratory problems, and diarrhea desases
-blindness |
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la cabaña
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cabin
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Goiter is a disease in which you are deficient in ___
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iodine
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Iodine deficiency can cause mental retardation or fetal death.
True or False |
True
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Anemia is commong amount which two group sof people?
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1. Women of childbearing age
2. Young Children |
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Iron deficiency can cause (low/high) birth weight.
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Low
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Vitamin C deficiency is associated with waht disease?
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Scurvy
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What are the symptoms of Scurvy?
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-aches of muscles and bones
-bleeding gums -fatigue -compromised immune system -can lead to sudden death |
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What disease is associated with Vit B deficiency?
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Beriberi
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What are the effects of Beriberi?
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-enlarged heart
-heart failure -nervous system degenerates with possible paralysis |
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Where is cholesterol found?
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From animal derived foods
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Obesity can lead to lower cancer risk.
true/false |
false
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What is the major int'l measurement of fat?
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BMI
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More than ______ adults are overweight.
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1.5 billion
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Over ________ of adults are clinically obese.
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400 million
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True/False
The obesity rates in China are higher than in urban Samoa |
FALSE
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About _____ children under age 5 are estimated to be overweight worldwide
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22 million
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Cancer is the (first/second/third) leading cause of death in the US and Europe.
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second
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What is Type 1 diabetes?
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Body doe snot produce enough insulin. Destruction of insulin-secreting cells
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What is Type 2 diabetes?
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You have insulin, but it can't get into the cells. Might not appear until adulthood. Inceidence correlated with economic development
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What are the effects of diabetes?
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-heart disease
-destruction of eye sight -loss of feeling in extremities -destroys small blood vessels -scars arteries leading to fat build up |
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Over half a million of women die a year form compications in pregnancy.
true/false |
TRUE
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True / False
Women do not survive better without men in the decining years. |
False
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Employed African Americans are more likely to be exposed to ______
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hazardous materials
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(Native Americans/Latinos/African Americans) have high infant mortality.
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Native Americans
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Plague is still a problem on many reservations for _____.
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native Americans
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What group of ethnicity has the lowest mortality rates?
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Asian Americans
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What group of people have a high rate of social and economic assimiliaton?
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Asian Americans
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What are some aspects of a primary health care system?
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-prevention programs
-early dx of disease and disability -prevention of disease by immunizing, medication, education |
