What are the different types of malnutrition?

Answer 1

• Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting millions of people. Iron forms the molecules that carry oxygen in the blood, so symptoms of a deficiency include tiredness and lethargy. Lack of iron in large segments of the population severely damages a country's productivity. Iron deficiency also impedes cognitive development, affecting 40-60 percent of children aged 6-24 months in developing countries (source: Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency, a global damage assessment report, Unicef).
• Vitamin A deficiency weakens the immune systems of a large proportion of under-fives in poor countries, increasing their vulnerability to disease. A deficiency in vitamin A, for example, increases the risk of dying from diarrhoea, measles and malaria by 20-24 percent. Affecting 140 million preschool children in 118 countries and more than seven million pregnant women, it is also a leading cause of child blindness across developing countries (source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition's 5th Report on the World Nutrition Situation, 2005).
• Iodine deficiency affects 780 million people worldwide. The clearest symptom is a swelling of the thyroid gland called a goitre. But the most serious impact is on the brain, which cannot develop properly without iodine. According to UN research, some 20 million children (source: Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency, a global damage assessment report, Unicef) are born mentally impaired because their mothers did not consume enough iodine. The worst-hit suffer cretinism, associated with severe mental retardation and physical stunting.
• Zinc deficiency contributes to growth failure and weakened immunity in young children. It is linked to a higher risk of diarrhoea and pneumonia, resulting in nearly 800,000 deaths per year.

Answer 2

There are many different types of malnutrition, but they can be categorized into several main classes. First is caloric malnutrition, in which there is insufficient overall energy in the diet. Second would be protein/carbohydrate/lipid malnutrition, in which one major class of nutrients is deficient. Third would be vitamin/mineral malnutrition, in which one or more vitamins or minerals are deficient. Fourth would be micronutrient malnutrition, in which certain micronutrients are deficient.

Answer 3

the three types of malnutrition are:

overnutrition: too much food energy or excess nutrients to the degree of causing disease or increasing the risk of disease

undernutrition: too little food energy or too few nutrients to prevent disease, to promote growth

nutrient defiences: too little of one or more nutrients in the diet

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Answer 4

One type of Malnutrition can be caused by obesity where they take in a high amount of carbs and fats and foods of that sort often lack in valuable nutrients

Another type would be when some one suffers from anorexia where they

refrain from eating any food what so ever so they would suffer from a lack of nutrients as well causing malnutrition.

Answer 5

There are several different types of malnutrition. They include iron deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, iodine deficiency, and zinc deficiency.

Answer 6

protein-energy malnutrition or protein-calories malnutrition

Answer 7

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