NUTRITION
BASIC CONCEPTS IN NUTRITION
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Optimum Nutrition
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Mal Nutrition
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Obesity
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Undernutrition
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Detailed explanation-1: -Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is “a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients” which adversely affects the body’s tissues and form. Malnutrition is not receiving the correct amount of nutrition.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malnutrition refers to deficiencies or excesses in nutrient intake, imbalance of essential nutrients or impaired nutrient utilization. The double burden of malnutrition consists of both undernutrition and overweight and obesity, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
Detailed explanation-3: -These include, but are not limited to, Protein Energy Malnutrition, Scurvy, Rickets, Beriberi, Hypocalcemia, Osteomalacia, Vitamin K Deficiency, Pellagra, Xerophthalmia, and Iron Deficiency.