Health Education Paper 3 WASSCE SC 2023

Question 3

     

                The diagram below illustrates a child suffering from a nutritional deficiency disease.
    Study it and answer questions 3(a) to 3(d).
     

     

     

     


    1. Identify the disease that the child is suffering from.                    [1 mark]
    2. Name three symptoms of the disease mentioned in 3(a).            [3 marks]
    3. (i) Mention one likely situation that encourages the prevalence of the disease mentioned in 3(a) in humans.                                                     [1 mark]

    (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