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List of illnesses related to poor nutrition
Introduction
Many diseases in humans are thought to be directly or indirectly related to nutrition, These include, but are not limited to, deficiency diseases, caused by a lack of essential nutrients.
Additionally, several diseases are directly or indirectly impacted by dietary habits, and require very close attention to the nutrient content of food.
Overnutrition (eating too much)
Overnutrition (eating too much)
Vitamins
Microminerals and Macrominerals
Deficiencies (eating too little)
Deficiencies (eating too little)
Proteins/fats/carbohydrates
Vitamin
Also see Avitaminosis, and table of deficiency diseases at human vitamins
- beriberi
- rickets
- scurvy
- pellagra
- spina bifida
- poor immune system function, potentially leading to a wide range of other illnesses.
– night blindness – dry skin – anemia –
Microminerals and Macrominerals
- metabolic or nutritionally related disease such as diabetes mellitus or endemic goitre
- zinc deficiency (growth retardation)
- osteoporosis – caused by calcium deficiency
- Iodine deficiency
References
References
- ↑ “Malnutrition Is Cheating Its Survivors, and Africa’s Future” article in the New York Times by Michael Wines, December 28, 2006
See also
See also
- Avitaminosis
- Malnutrition
- Essential nutrient
- List of ICD-10 codes (E54-E64) — detailed taxonomy
- Obesity
- osteoporosis