2007-02-23 03:52:52 · 4 answers · asked by lil_qaxy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
We're badly designed and require certain things from our diets, called "vitamins" and "essential amino acids" among others.
Malnutrition arises when a person's diet does not include one or more of the required things.
2007-02-23 06:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we don't eat a balanced diet because of our taste likes and dislikes, economic factors, availability of specific foods, religious taboos, and of course metabolic disorders which affect our absorption of nutrients. But even animals have malnutrition problem.
2007-02-23 11:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lack of intake/absorbtion of the essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, and sugars in ones diet...
this can be caused by problems in ones diet (the most obvious and easiest to cure), or it can be caused with a problem in ones small intestine (maybe Crohn's disease, or a parasitic infection...sometimes the same problem).
2007-02-23 12:01:29 · answer #3 · answered by dlancelot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply when there is not enough food.
2007-02-23 13:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋