Assignment Task 

Disease Prevention

The double burden of malnutrition (undernutrition and overnutrition) is an increasing problem in many countries. Describe the burden of malnutrition and how this may be reduced on Your assessment must address all four points.

1. Describe the health burden of malnutrition, including overnutrition and undernutrition, in your country using published best information.

Describe the main determinants of malnutritionGive the evidence in your country for a double burden of malnutritionDescribe the consequences of malnutritiondCritically evaluate the quality of the information you use.

Imagine you have responsibility for a regional population of 500,000 people in which there is a significant health burden from malnutrition. How could this be reduced?

2. Describe how you would address undernutrition using a vertical approach and address overnutrition using a horizontal approach. In your answer describe the features that characterize a vertical approach and a horizontal approach.

3. Analyse the evidence that supports the likely effectiveness of your chosen approaches and justify your choice of these two approaches.

4. How would you evaluate the success of what you propose in this region?