Too much fat in a person’s diet can also cause disease when over consumed. Too many carbohydrates can lead to obesity and an increase in calories. Just as much as too many macronutrients is not good for a person too little has its effects too. If a person continually eats too little protein he or she can become susceptible to disease, it can cause a person to develop anemia, dry skin can develop and in women their bones can become brittle. If a person does not have enough carbs in his or her diet, he or she lacks needed calories that is also known as malnutrition.
Depending on its cause, emaciation may have other features, and while from the outside these symptoms look severe, on the inside of the body it is more dangerous, as most of the body’s systems aren't provided with the nutrition required to function well or normally. The more severe low body weight is, the more risk this poses. (Fargo, 2012) Emaciation has numerous causes, and things like involuntary starvation should not be overlooked. In areas where poverty is extreme, few residents may get the nutrition they need and they may begin to show signs of emaciation. Appearance isn’t the only issue, and starvation is life-threatening.
It is linked with obesity, lack of exercise, High blood cholesterol and High blood pressure. What are the symptoms and complications of Diabetes Type II? Symptoms of diabetes type II include frequent urination, increased hunger and weight loss. One of the complications of diabetes include ten year shorter life span, due to the number of complications which it is associated with,
Explain the pathophysiology underlying the patient’s abnormal ESR. With an underactive thyroid the patient would have an abnormal T3 and T4 count. These are the hormones secreted by the thyroid. Her fasting Glucose level was high as well. This could be due to a poor diet which would also explain the weight gain.
Under nutrition can be defined as the lack of one or more nutrients in sufficient amounts in the diet. Disorders causing under nutrition include eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia and orthorexia, anaemia, osteoporosis and dietary fibre deficiency. Over nutrition can be defined as the over supply of one or more nutrients, most commonly carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Conditions associated with over nutrition include obesity, mature onset diabetes, hypertension, dental caries and cardiovascular disease. The economic costs of both under and over nutrition are severe, and at a heavily increasing rate.
Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Unit 4222-366: Amy Shanks Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to indivivuals with dementia 1. Inability to express one's needs or desires, ability to hold or use utensils, remembing to eat and distinguish the food from the plate, to suffer from a vision impairment, hearing loss, to maintain appropriate posture (sit upright)have the inability to move food inside the mouth, chewing or swallowing problems, depression, distress, excessive pacing that may increase calorie use, having difficulty sitting down for meals can contribute to poor diet and fluid intake, healthy nutrition for an individual with dementia 2. An individual with dementia who is suffering from poor nutrition can have an increase in behavioral symptoms and suffer from weight loss 3. Other health and emotional conditions: chronic diseases that decrease appetite, such as diabetes, bowel and cardiac problems, also certain medications can decrease appetite. The environment can have effects such as noise, confusion, too much visual stimulation, poor lighting, unpleasant odours, and uncomfortable room temperature 4. it is important to recognise and meet an individuals personal and cultural preferences concerning food and drink as the individual could find the food unappealing, have difficulty eating the foods that are offered due to smells, flavours and textures, difficulty can also arise if too many foods are offered at one time 5.
GR 230 Nutrition in Health & Disease Chapter 2 Assignments 1. What are the consequences of slowed digestion in older adults? The consequences of a slowed digestive symptoms in older adults ranges from different disorders effects. Disorders like gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) will that affect the mouth and esophagus may make eating and swallowing difficult may trigger heartburn or pain in the chest in older adults. This causes frustration and reduce the willingness to eat.
Failure to do so results in their immune system producing antibodies which attacks the lining of their bowel causing them to have abdominal pains, constipation/diarrhoea, bloating, difficulty in gaining weight in childhood or maintaining weight in adulthood and anaemia. Because it affects the way their body can absorb nutrients it can also lead to osteoporosis and increase their risk of bowel cancer. Some foods can be bought that are labelled ‘gluten free’ but tend to be more expensive. • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the term used to describe a condition when on inspection of the bowel everything seems normal, but the person suffers with symptoms like abdominal pain, flatulence, bloating and constipation/diarrhoea. The person may want to keep a food diary to help discover which foods make their condition worse and avoid them in the future.
And it is not surprising that childhood obesity is a good indicator for the likelihood of obesity into adulthood. What is surprising, however, as Galvez (2003) points out, is that "studies on obesity consistently report a higher prevalence of obesity in African Americans and Mexican Americans compared with the white, non-Hispanic population" (p. A684). The etiology of childhood overweight is multifaceted, but is seemingly always tied to socioeconomic factors. Poor nutritional choices and a sedentary lifestyle cause obesity, but it is societal stressors that lead to these inadequate choices. Such stressors include increased exposure to television advertisements for unhealthy foods, unsafe neighborhoods which inhibit outdoor play and exercise, and limited availability of healthy, fresh foods in low socioeconomic residential areas (Galvez 2003).
The abdomen may also become bloated and distended. Sores or ulcers within the intestinal tract are another complication. Deep ulcers can turn into fistulas that connect different parts of the intestine. Fistulas can tunnel into the surrounding areas such as the bladder, vagina, or skin. Proteins, calories, and vitamins are many times low for a patient with Crohn’s disease.