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malnutrition essay in English in 500 words​

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Malnutrition has been defined as “a pathological state resulting from a relative or absolute defi­ciency or excess of one or more essential nutrients”. It comprises four forms: Under nutrition, Over nutrition, Imbalance and Specific deficiency.

Under nutrition is the condition which results when insufficient food is eaten over extended period of time. In extreme cases it is called starva­tion. Over nutrition is the pathological state resulting from the consumption of excessive quantity of food over an extended period of time, Imbalance is the pathological state resulting from a disproportion among essential nutrients with or without the absolute deficiency of any nutrient.

Specific deficiency is the pathological state resulting from a relative or absolute lack of an individual nutrient.

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The effects of malnutrition are different in poor and rich communities. India is an example of a poor country where malnutrition is endemic.

Diet survey carried out in India has shown that the average Indian diet is ill balanced with an excess of carbohydrate and very little protec­tive foods like milk, meat, fish, eggs, fruit and leafy vege­tables. While under nutrition is the pressing problem in India, the major nutritional problems in many western countries today centre round over nutrition.

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