In Manila there are a lot of problems with air pollution, hygiene practices and the lack of good sanitation. These are the most important hygiene and health related risks in the Philippines. One-sixth of all deaths in the Philippines and approximately 6,000 premature deaths a year are because of hygiene, water-borne diseases and poor sanitation conditions. Diarrhea is the most common water-borne disease, then intestinal worms, typhoid, and cholera. These diseases are very common because more ...
Neural tube defects NTDs defined as "are common congenital malformations that occur when the embryonic neural tube, which ultimately forms the brain and spinal cord, fails to properly close during the first few weeks of development before most women realize that they are pregnant"(2). The most two common and severe types of (NTDs) are: Anencephaly, which is basically defined as the "absence of the brain, is regularly fatal, and results from failure of the anterior neural folds to properly ele...
The role of nutrition in mammalian development and the risk of congenital anomalies is also one of the many questions that nutritional genomics is trying to answer. The maternal diet and wellness, both before and during pregnancy are crucial to the prospects of the offspring's. All expecting women need a good mixed diet that provides both adequate calories and nutrition. However socio-economic and cultural barriers are established causes that interfere with the well being of pregnant women. A...
This is why a growing number of women are going gaga over the hundreds of colorful shades and hues of hair dye treatments. In 2003, US Census Bureau approximated that over 22 million women dyed their hair that year, while about 12.5% of men used hair dye products to cover up graying head and facial hairs. Trends show that this number increases dramatically each year and today, it is estimated that some 50 million women in the US - almost half of their female population - are regular users of ...
The breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) was discovered almost a decade ago and it is now considered as one of the most important efflux ATP-binding cassette transporters in the human body. It plays a very significant role in multidrug cancer resistance as well as in the pharmacokinetic processes of a wide range of drugs. Throughout the last years, various studies have been conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the transporter's role in the human body as well as in drug-drug...
INTRODUCTION "I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world." - Helen Keller Visually challenged is the consequence of a functional loss of vision. This term includes both partial sight and total blindness. In 1996 it was surveyed that nearly 1.20 crore people were blind, nearly 1/4th of the total world population. Among these 14.9 out of 100 only were in developing countries compared to 3 per 1...
Community Nutrition is a principle to help in preventing disease and promoting to improve the health, nutrition, and well being of individuals and groups within communities. Public Health Nutrition focuses on issues that affect the whole population rather than the specific dietary needs of individuals. Focus in helping the community in nutrient intake needed either individuals or in grouping. The emphasis is on promoting health and disease prevention. Focus on health improvement by advising a...
Nutrition education was related by (Sapp and Jensen, 1997) to change people's habit with respect to their level of age, but was said not to be enough for dietary change (Hendrie et al., 2008). Levy et al. (1993) declares that the knowledge of nutrition is determined by ones educational level, which was supported by (Bandura, 1986) where he accepted that knowledge is needed to turn around people's ways and action and is very important in influencing dietary behaviour. Worsley (2002) also claim...
Explain what is meant by the term 'risk factor' and identify and describe four nutrition-related risk factors. For each of these four risk factors, identify and describe one disease or health condition for which it is a risk factor, and discuss the reason(s) or possible reason(s) why it is a risk factor for this disease or health condition. A risk factor is a characteristic, behaviour or condition that increases your susceptibility of contracting a disease or infection. They can be categorise...
CHAPTER I Problem Statement 1.1 Introduction Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) is a desired alternative to hospitalization for patients who have a functional gastrointestinal (GI) tract but were unable to meet their nutrient requirements by oral intake. Enteral Nutrition (EN) is a treatment of choice for various conditions when sufficient daily nutrition requirements cannot be met due to dysphagia, malabsorption, or increased energy needs [1]. To ease the administration of feeding, various pumps h...
