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    Malnutrition results from an imbalanced diet that contains either too few or too many nutrients. Undernutrition occurs when essential nutrients like calories, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals are lacking. Overnutrition is when too much of these nutrients are consumed. Undernutrition during pregnancy or the first two years can cause permanent physical and mental development problems. The main symptoms of undernutrition are short height, thin body, poor energy levels, and swollen legs and abdomen. Micronutrient deficiencies present differently depending on the lacking nutrient. Prevention focuses on improved agriculture, reduced poverty, better sanitation, empowering women, and treatment through improved nutrition, supplementation, and ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

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    Malnutrition results from an imbalanced diet that contains either too few or too many nutrients. Undernutrition occurs when essential nutrients like calories, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals are lacking. Overnutrition is when too much of these nutrients are consumed. Undernutrition during pregnancy or the first two years can cause permanent physical and mental development problems. The main symptoms of undernutrition are short height, thin body, poor energy levels, and swollen legs and abdomen. Micronutrient deficiencies present differently depending on the lacking nutrient. Prevention focuses on improved agriculture, reduced poverty, better sanitation, empowering women, and treatment through improved nutrition, supplementation, and ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

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    Malnutrition: Rehna Hussain.M.H

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    Malnutrition results from an imbalanced diet that contains either too few or too many nutrients. Undernutrition occurs when essential nutrients like calories, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals are lacking. Overnutrition is when too much of these nutrients are consumed. Undernutrition during pregnancy or the first two years can cause permanent physical and mental development problems. The main symptoms of undernutrition are short height, thin body, poor energy levels, and swollen legs and abdomen. Micronutrient deficiencies present differently depending on the lacking nutrient. Prevention focuses on improved agriculture, reduced poverty, better sanitation, empowering women, and treatment through improved nutrition, supplementation, and ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

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    MALNUTRITION

    REHNA HUSSAIN.M.H
    More than 1 million cases per year(India).
    Usually self treatable
    Usually self-diagnosable
    Lab tests or imaging rarely required
    Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in
    which nutrients are either not enough or are too much that
    the diet causes health problems.
    It may involve
    Calories
    Proteins
    Carbohydrates
    Vitamins or minerals
    Not enough nutrients is called undernutrition or under
    nourishment while too much is called over nutrition.
    If undernutrition occurs during pregnancy,or before two years of
    age,it may result in permanent problems with physical and mental
    development
    Extreme undernourishment-starvation
    Symptoms
    short height
    thin body
    very poor energy levels
    swollen legs and abdomen
    The symptoms of micronutrient deficiencies depend on the
    micronutrient that is lacking.
    Symptoms

    Problems with physical or mental development


    Poor energy levels
    Swollen legs and abdomen
    Risk factors
    Not breastfeed,pneumonia,malaria,measles
    Prevention
    Improving agriocultural practices
    Reducing poverty
    Improving sanitation
    Empowerment of women
    Treatment
    Improved nutrition
    Supplementation
    Ready to use therapeutic foods
    Under nourishment is most often due to not enough high
    quality food being available to eat.(high food prize&poverty)
    Lack of breast feeding-infectious diseases.
    gastroenteritis,infectious diarrhea (inflammation-small
    intestine,stomach).
    Types of undernutrition
    Protein energy malnutrition(marasmus,kwashiorkor) and
    dietary deficiencies.(iron ,iodine,vitamin A).
    Over nutrition
    Obesity
    Pregnancy time- deficiency common.
    After Additional food supply

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