NUTRITIONAL DISORDER COMMONLY FOUND IN NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the nutritional disorder commonly found in Nigeria using Borne State as case study. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The materials used in the study are anthropometric, and biochemical assessment based. In the study, the modified welcome classification was used to classify the protein energy malnourished children into kwashiorko. One hundred and twenty (70 male and 50 female) children were studied at the paediatric wards of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and the state specialist hospital, Maiduguri in the course of this study. The children were between the age of 6 and 24 months. The study covered a period of 4 months during which all the cases of malnourished children admitted were recorded. A combination of anthropometric and chemical indices were used to investigate the nutritional status of 26 healthy (H) and Kwashiorkor (K) children age 2 -0 5 years and possibly predict the onset of malnutrition. In the study, the researcher employ diverse scientific methods in detecting anaemia (iron deficiency), iodine deficiency,vitamin a deficiency, ricket and ostemomalacia, and scurvy (vitamin c deficiency). With respect to the various experiments and investigations made in the study, the researcher concluded that inadequate dietary intake and diseases particularly infection, are immediately causes of malnutrition. And it is obvious that each person must eat an adequate amounts of good quality and safe food throughout the year to meet all nutritional needs for body maintenance, work and recreation and for growth and development in children. Similarly one must be able to digest, absorb and utilize the food and nutrients effectively. Poor diets and diseases are often the result of insufficient household food. Security, inappropriate care and feeding practices and inadequate health care. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that malnutrition may manifest itself as a health problem and health professionals can provide some answers but they alone cannot solve the problems of malnutrition. Also agriculture and often agricultural professionals are required to ensure that enough foods, and the right kinds of foods, are provided. Further, educators, both formal and non-formal, are required to assist people, particularly women in achieving and ensuring good nutrition. Tackling malnutrition often require the contribution of professionals in economics, social development, politics, government, the labour movement and many other spheres
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