A public health authority plans to reduce the future burden of type 2 diabetes in children by promoting exclusive breastfeeding, healthy complementary feeding, and prevention of childhood obesity. This intervention is an example of which level of prevention?
- A Primary prevention
- B Primordial prevention ✓
- C Secondary prevention
- D Tertiary prevention
Correct answer: B. Primordial prevention
Explanation
Primordial prevention consists of actions taken before risk factors appear in the population, preventing the emergence of risk factors themselves through lifestyle and environmental modification. Primary prevention acts against established risk factors such as hypertension or impaired glucose tolerance, secondary prevention detects early disease through screening, and tertiary prevention limits disability after disease onset. Preventing obesity before it develops is primordial.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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