Essays about: "Malnutrition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 89 essays containing the word Malnutrition.

  1. 1. The state of social media usage to fight malnutrition among children under the age of five years in Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Debora Mbilinyi; [2023]
    Keywords : social media; nutrition literacy; malnutrition; behavior change communication; social media usage;

    Abstract : This study has evaluated how Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), a government institution overseeing nutrition, uses social media to enhance the nutrition literacy of caregivers and parents of children under the age of five years. The study contributes to knowledge on how Tanzania’s resource-constrained health sector’s nutrition communication can benefit from social media by answering the following research questions: Which social media platforms and features does TFNC use to share nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years? What kinds of nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years does TFNC share on social media? How is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years posted on TFNC social media pages packaged? And, how frequently is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years repeated on TFNC social media pages? These questions have been answered from a social-behavioral change communication perspective that has combined the Media Ecology Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ready to Respond to Freddy? Shock-Responsive Social Protection for Nutrition in Malawi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Pampararo; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the increasing pace and intensity of climate-related shocks have driven the emergence of international interest around the role of national social protection systems for shock-responsiveness. An increasing number of already vulnerable people is in need of humanitarian assistance, risking to fall into poverty and malnutrition. READ MORE

  4. 3. Complementary porridge based on pearl millet and cow pea : the effect of traditional processing techniques and cooking methods on pasting properties and in vitro starch digestibility

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Signe Christerson; [2023]
    Keywords : Cow pea; pearl millet; traditional processing techniques; germination; fermentation; soaking; pasting properties; starch digestibility; energy density;

    Abstract : In Mozambique, malnutrition in children under 5 years is a serious concern. The condition is thought to be owing to nutritionally inferior diets and improper feeding practices on a mainly cereal-based diet, where porridges from millet- and legume-flours constitute the major staple food. READ MORE

  5. 4. A polycrisis of climate change, food insecurity, socioeconomic inequality, and conflict intensity? A statistical analysis of interrelated crises.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alva Linnér; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict intensity; climate vulnerability; food insecurity; socioeconomic inequality; greed versus grievances; environmental scarcity and conflict.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Along with escalating climate change impacts, aggravated hunger and malnutrition, and widening socioeconomic disparities, recent decades have also seen increased casualties during intrastate conflicts. The aim of this thesis is accordingly to investigate the interactions among climate vulnerability, food insecurity, and socioeconomic inequality and their effects on conflict intensity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Resurrecting the Dead : Comparing Diseases and Skeletal Pathologies in Ajvide Hunter-Gatherers and the Medieval Population of Visby

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Fanny Fagerholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Stone Age Ajvide; Medieval Visby; correspondence analysis; hunter-gatherers; degenerative joint diseases; infections; oral health; deficiency; palaeopathology; osteology; Gotland; Stenålders Ajvide; medeltida Visby; korrespondensanalys; jägare-samlare; degenerativa ledsjukdomar; infektioner; tandhälsa; bristsjukdomar; paleopatologi; osteologi; Gotland;

    Abstract : The skeletal material used in this thesis consists of 258 individuals, whereas 179 individuals had the requirements entailed for an analysis of health and lifestyles. In other words, their sex and age had been osteologically determined. READ MORE