Question 3
- Identify the disease that the child is suffering from. [1 mark]
- Name three symptoms of the disease mentioned in 3(a). [3 marks]
- (i) Mention one likely situation that encourages the prevalence of the disease mentioned in 3(a) in humans. [1 mark]
The diagram below illustrates a child suffering from a nutritional deficiency disease.
Study it and answer questions 3(a) to 3(d).
(ii) State two reasons for the answer in 3(c)(i). [2 marks]
4. Name three food items that could be recommended for the proper growth and
development of the child. [3 marks]
Observation
Majority of the candidates scored quite above average in this question. However, few of them did not answer 3(c)(ii) correctly.
The expected answers are:
(a) Identification of disease
- Kwashiorkor
(b) Symptoms of Kwashiorkor
- Growth failure/stunted growth
- Changes in hair colour/texture/strength
- Wasting away of body tissues/loss of muscle mass/loss of weight/thin legs
- Flaky/ scaly rash on skin
- Protruding/ swollen stomach/belly
- Big head
(c)(i) Likely situation that encourages the prevalence of kwashiorkor
- Poor infant feeding/malnutrition/lack of protein
(ii) Reasons for poor infant feeding/malnutrition
- Illiteracy
- Poverty/poor financial status of a family
- Not eating balanced diet
(d) Food items recommended for proper growth and development of a child
- Egg
- Meat
- Fish/named
- Nuts/named
- Beans/peas
- Wheat
- Vegetables/named
- Fruits/named
- Dairy products/milk/named