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NUTR 150 W2
Terms to Know from Week 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Malnutrition | Bad Nutrition |
| Undernutrition | When your body does not get the sufficient nutrients needed. Can cause deficiency diseases. |
| Over-nutrition | When your body gets too much nutrients to the point where it is toxic for your body. Can cause heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and some cancers. |
| Double Burden of Malnutrition | When a person or a population has both undernutrition and over nutrition |
| Deficiency disease | Caused by under nutrition. includes tuberculosis, night blindness, scurvy, keratomalcia |
| Clinical Symptoms | |
| Sub-Clinical Symptoms | |
| Chronic Disease |