What does malnutrition mean? Explain the diseases caused due to malnut

1.	What does malnutrition mean? Explain the diseases caused due to malnutrition, in detail.
Answer» Malnutrition is a state of bad nutrition leading to under-nutrition or over-nutrition. This can be due to either lack of essential nutrients or excess of certain nutrients. Malnutrition may be in the state of under-nutrition or over- nutrition or unbalanced food. Malnutrition Diseases: 1. Disease of Protein deficiency. Kwarshiokar. 2. Vitamin-A Deficiency diseases: Night blindness, Toad skin, Dry conjuctivitis. 3. Vitamins-B Deficiency diseases: Beri-Beri, Pellagra, Ulceration. 4. Vitamin-C Deficiency diseases: Rickets 5. Minerals deficiency diseases: Anaemia, Goitre.

What does malnutrition mean? Explain the diseases caused due to malnutrition, in detail.

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Malnutrition is a state of bad nutrition leading to under-nutrition or over-nutrition. This can be due to either lack of essential nutrients or excess of certain nutrients. Malnutrition may be in the state of under-nutrition or over- nutrition or unbalanced food.

Malnutrition Diseases:

1. Disease of Protein deficiency. Kwarshiokar.

2. Vitamin-A Deficiency diseases: Night blindness, Toad skin, Dry conjuctivitis.

3. Vitamins-B Deficiency diseases: Beri-Beri, Pellagra, Ulceration.

4. Vitamin-C Deficiency diseases: Rickets

5. Minerals deficiency diseases: Anaemia, Goitre.

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