Nutrition and Nutritional Deficiency Disease: A Case Study

Abstract

The purpose of the studied was to see nutrition and nutritional deficiency diseases of the rural population of the selected villages of the area Manipur (India). The aim is to assess the real nutritional value of the diets of the villagers and the diseases from which they suffer owing to nutritional deficiency. The deficiency diseases has been studied in two groups-firstly, the deficiency diseases which most often occur due to prolonged deficiency of nutrients in the diet; secondly, the disease which are basically produced by deficiency and are accentuated due to the deficiency. "Nutrition" is a science devoting to the determination of the requirements of the body for food constituents both qualitatively and quantitatively and to the selection of food in kinds and in quantity to meet these requirements [1]. The study tries to find out the quality of food the villagers are taking and the nutritional value of the food. The subjects of the study were from five select villages of Manipur state (India). It has been observed that the subjects take poor quality of food which are lacking in nutritional value. The lack of nutrition in food results in several deficiency diseases. The result reveals that diet of about 50 percent of the population of the selected villages under study is deficient in protein, while the actual intake of fat, calcium, Vitamin A, B and C and Carbohydrates is inadequate. However, the consumption of iron, niacin end Vitamin B, is satisfactory to a certain extent. The morbidity in the sample villages are due to the chronic malnutrition and inadequate diets and backwardness and ignorance are also responsible to a large extent-Various diseases like night-blindness, scurvy, scabies, dental cavities, bad growth of bones and teeth, dyspepsia, diabetes and pellagra are common among male population of the villages. Among the children stunted growth, scabies, Keratomileusis and night blindness are commonly seen. Due to the existing mal or under-nutrition a number of diseases were found in the villages of the study area. Food in India is extremely poor by world standard and food is a major bottleneck to economic development of the country. This problem can only be solved through increased output of food grains both in surplus marginal negative areas of food production [2]. So, our studied targeted on land of Manipur (India). Because Manipur is a small sate which came into existence in 1972. It is surrounded by the states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam and a country Myanmar. It's a small state which has reached in natural resources with high fertile land but people of Manipur are isolated who feel deprived of any opportunities, perceive denial of rights and face many problem due to poverty. So, the only source of income for the villagers is on the agricultural product. Villagers are not getting any opportunity and the living condition is worse [3]. Land is the only main source which provides nutrition directly or indirectly to the people. Nutrition is a science devoting to the determination of the requirements of the body for food constituents both qualitatively and quantitatively [1]. And also a biological process that is more fundamental than sex (Richard, A.I., 32). Food serves as a fuel that drive the human machine for body growth, etc [4].

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Department of Clinical Neuroscience, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Citation: Nurjahan Begum., et alEC Psychology and Psychiatry 
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     
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
Keywords: Nutrition; Deficiency; Disease
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
-

            -
         

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
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                 


    


         
 

-


 
      
-




s
(1991)
 
Intake
Well-off Medium or Middlemen Poor
1. Oienam   48.30 23.80 
  26.71  26.38 2247.07
  10.01 30.71  
4. Lilong   41.11  
 301 17.03 44.37 38.60 
Table 1: Economic Groups in Each Selected Village and its Percentage to the Village Population in Relation to Daily Caloric
Intake per head Source: Field-work, V. L. W., and self-calculation.
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 -




-

Villages
   

 Iron (mg)
 WM  WM  WM  WM  WM  WM
Oinam  2611.11 77.60 88.70  44.03   274.22 610.40  60.00
 2247.07 2627.10  63.10 6.3 48.40 276.31 304.76 304.10 886.70 76.07 80.07
    44.78  16.00    600.20 20.70 30.01
Lolong    86.70 10.81  440.60 481.01  401.80  
  2110.71 61.21 68.73 11.30  376.01  240.30 480.80  47.00
Table 2: A Comparative analysis of the results available from food balance sheet and weighment method of the villages under
study: 2000. FBSM: Food Balance Sheet Method; WM: Weighment Method SOURCE = Field-work data procurement and its
processing.

  


-

 
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
333


-


 -

   







 


n


  10.7 
 2247.07  18.8
THAWAL  16.3 23.4
LILONG  13.2 
PURAYENGBI  16.2 13.3
Table 3
Source: Field-work and self-deduction


  -


  
-
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     


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    
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-
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
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1. et al
2. 
3. 
4. 
 
6. 
7. 
8. 
 
10. 

., et al.