What is Malnutrition...????

  What is malnutrition?   

   Causes...   

    Effects...      

                                                                                           
                                                                                                                  

 When an organism is deficient in or receives excess of one or more nutrition over a long period of time is said to have malnutrition....                                                                                              

The deficiency is known as ''under nutrition'', and the excess is called ''Over nutrition''.  

Under-nutrition is the most common problem of underdeveloped countries. Extreme protein deficiency causes ''kwashiorker'' disease resulting in 'Edema'. 

Whereas obesity with heart ailment and reduced life expectancy  are the symptoms of over-nutrition which is most common in developed countries.                                                            

   Over Weight and Obesity... 

                            
     

 Obesity is the most common disorder. Obesity may be defined as a condition in which there is excessive amount of  of body fat.  

                                                                                                             

                                                                                                 

 Excess fat accumulates because there is imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is most prevalent in middle age but can occur at any stage of life. It can be family tendency. 

 Over weight is associated with an increased rate of mortality at all ages. A substantial reduction of the body weight of obese people is alone sufficient to reduce the death rate.