Question

a. What food borne illness are you most familiar with and why? If you have experienced food borne illness and had to be treated for it, share your experience. Some people have severe phobias about particular foods when this happens, is this true for you or anyone you may know? b. Global nutrition is a complex issue that many ake trying to address. Think about the efforts and aid we hear about. What are some issues organizations face when trying to aid countries whose citizens are suffering from inadequate nutrition? What issues do we face here at home in trying to support those in need with food insecurity? See food insecurity article in module 10. Have you been involved in any of these efforts? Please share your experience.

Answer 1

a, Salmonella spices is a common food borne virus due to contaminated food, because it is most common in aurope countires due to consumption of animal origin,meat, egg , milk and poultry which is most common in surope countires. i have expeirnced food borne illness when consumed the meat and some milk product and had very symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting, pain abdomen, fever and it made me into severe dehydration. In the hospital, they replaced fluid and electrolytes to regain hydration. fear of food is called cibophobia. it has a link with an eating disorder, for example, some people afraid of perishable food like mayonnaise and nearly expiry date food, when food is cooked by others. some people suffering from anorexia and eating disorder mistakenly they say it as a phobia. only trained clinicians can identify the phobia of food among people.
b, In 1990 nearly 45 of 123 low and middle-income countries suffered from malnutrition. World health organization(WHO) effort in nutrition as a part of health and development improves infant, child, pregnant mother health. it solves maternal nutrition anemia, vitamin A deficiency, protein-energy malnutrition, etc. It further has a global target in 2025 to 2030 to meet the food security needs towards global nutrition. Protein-energy malnutrition is a major burden in developing countries. multisectoral programs will be effective to solve these issues. WHO faces issues when there is a high rate of anemic and cardiac failure cases and a combination of transfusion and diuresis. At home adults in low income and chronic disease like diabetes, heart disease and cancer has a higher risk for food safety. It causes nutritional poor diet, obesity, and difficulty in managing diet-related chronic conditions. we work as a volunteer for people with adequate nutrition and food and healthy living. we identify a lack of food security and have a concern in access to a healthy diet through community programs and in hospitals.