NUTRITIONIST HIGHLIGHTS EARLY SIGNS OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN

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In another insightful episode of 'Adequate Nutrition and Healthy Living,' aired on Radio Kwara, the State Nutrition Officer from Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Gbenga Bankole, highlighted poor weight gain, peeling of skin, recurrent infections, bonny face, hanging skin, etc. as early signs of malnutrition in children.


Dr. Bankole disclosed that malnutrition is a state that reduces a child's ability to fight infections, noting that such a child will be susceptible to infections such as upper respiratory tract infection, diarrhea and so on.


Correcting the erroneous belief about malnutrition, the State Nutrition Officer noted that malnutrition is not only caused by diet but also diseases can make a child lose weight and have low desire for food thereby encouraging mothers to fortify the meals of children who are picky eaters for adequate diet.


 Dr. Bankole commended the efforts of the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, revealing that a lot of systems such as routine monitoring, growth monitoring, assessment of nutrition status amongst others, have been put in place at different Health Care Centres in the State to monitor the nutritional status of children.


While appealing to mothers to bring their babies to Health Care Centres for early detection of malnutrition, he recommended early initiation of breastfeeding, introduction of complementary feeding after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding and avoidance of force feeding by mothers.


*Ajiboye Racheal,*

Information Officer,

MOC’

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