Diseases of malnutrition
Obesity is one of the most serious and most common diseases. The human consumption of large quantities of calories and excess of the body's needs is stored in the form of fat. This causes obesity, which causes many diseases such as diabetes, stroke and high blood pressure due to narrowing of the arteries, heart disease and some cancers .
2 - wasting, and the most vulnerable category are children, after the weaning phase, reduces protein and low energy in the child and thus shake the body and reduce weight.
3 - diseases of undernourishment, and are widespread in developing regions that lack food and supplies, and once the nutrients get the disease ends.
4 - Lack of minerals, the most important iron, which causes lack of anemia, which affects the work of blood can not carry sufficient amounts of red blood cells, and oxygen to the cells and tissues of the body, and iron deficiency also lead to dizziness, headache and heartbeat, And rapid breathing with shortness of breath.
5 - lack of vitamins, and disease due to vitamin deficiency, for example vitamin D deficiency leads to a lack of growth of some bones, and vitamin C deficiency causes bleeding in the gums, and affects the speed of healing wounds.
6 - lack of protein, the lack of sufficient amount of protein and calories, the body loses energy and if it develops it may reach the stage of Quachiorkar, a disease in which the color of skin and hair, and damage in some organs such as liver and pancreas, and swelling in different areas of the body, To death if the amount of protein and food is not compensated.
7 - There are other diseases resulting from undernutrition or weakness, such as eating large amounts of alcohol, this leads to damage to the liver, and not eating enough calcium leads to a defect in the bones of the body, especially in women, reduces their physical activity, To avoid this problem, doctors are advised to take certain amounts of calcium, while exercising regularly.
Malnutrition is one of the most serious diseases that must be observed, whether for adults or children, because it has effects on the rest of the body, and its consequences are not limited to it, so humans have to maintain the quantity and quality of food they eat.
