Explain how the following can affect a family’s nutritional status. (i) Low income (ii) Ignorance (iii) Cultural and religious practices

      

Explain how the following can affect a family’s nutritional status.

(i) Low income
(ii) Ignorance
(iii) Cultural and religious practices

  

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Martin
(i) Low income – lack of money to buy food lead to lack of adequate supplies of food leading to nutritional deficiency disorders.

(ii) Ignorance – lack of information on healthy food lead to consumption of less nutritious food e.g. sodas, biscuits.

(iii) Cultural and religious practices – this lead to prohibition of eating certain foods which are nutritious leaving people to eat less nutritious food
marto answered the question on November 6, 2019 at 10:07


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