Must knows: malnutrition
An imbalance between the nutrients your body needs to function and the nutrients it gets.
What is the definition of malnutrition?
What are the three most common eating disorders?
What are the three most common eating disorders? Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
Living in a food desert, chronic stress, limited finances, and eating disorders.
What are some causes of malnutrition?
Tooth loss, ulcers in intestinal lining, irritable bowel syndrome, esophagitis.
What are some of the physical effects of bulimia nervosa?
Macronutrient overnutrition, micronutrient overnutrition, micronutrient undernutrition, and macronutrient undernutrition.
What are the four different types of malnutrition?
Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and gastrointestinal issues.
What are some physical effects of of binge eating disorder?
Poverty and lack of food vs. disease
What is the difference between a primary and secondary situation?
Heart Issues, osteoporosis, risk of infertility, poor circulation, nerve damage, etc.
What are some physical effects of anorexia nervosa?
Insulin resistance and carotid artery disease
What are the long-term effects of overnutrition?
What is the difference between Anorexia and Bulimia?
One is a restrictive food disorder, while the other involves specifically binging and purging.