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15 June, 08:41

Populations around the world are suffering from poor nutrition with opposite causes: undernutrition, when a person does not get enough food to eat, and overnutrition, when a person eats too much, especially of the wrong kind of food. Match the health issues to their cause: undernutrition or overnutrition.

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  1. 15 June, 09:04
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    Undernutrition is a deficiency of calories or one or more essential nutrient. The health issues related are marasmus, kwashiorkor.

    Over nutrition is the overconsumption of food and nutrient that adversely affect the health of a person. Health issues related to over nutrition are obesity, type 2 diabetes, diarrhoea, high blood pressure, heart problem, alopecia.

    Explanation:

    Marasmus is caused by under nutrition and it's a deficiency of calories and protein resulting in weight loss, loss of muscle and fat and dehydration.

    Kwarshiokor is a severe deficiency of protein more than calories causing the abdomen to protrude and it's more common in infants of the weaning age.

    Obesity is related to over nutrition and caused by excess body fat accumulation.

    Type 2 diabetes is caused by overconsumption of some certain types of food like red meat alcohol etc.

    Being obese or overconsumption of some certain types of food also causes high blood pressure.
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