Health Problems Realted to Nutrition

1. Under-Nutrition:

It is a problem of poor countries of the world where there is insufficient food for the people. Fammine stricken countries such as Ethiopia are facing this problem. Under-Nutrition especially affects the physical as well as mental growth are severely affected. Such as children or persons reduce to a skeleton only. This is condition is called Marasmus. 

2. Mal-Nutrition:

                           Diet that missing one nutrients it can affected pregnant women and babies especially . It has been noticed that Mal-Nutrition is the major cause of death among the children upto the age of five in the world especially in developing countries.

                         In Africa and Asia, due to poverty people have enough protein and carbs for thier diet  Deficiency of protein in diet increases suspect ability to disease besides retardation in growth.

3. Over-nutrition:

Obesity is the most common disorders due to over-nutrition. Obesity is caused by excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates and fats.

Balanced diet:

                      A balanced diet contain adequate amountof nutrients. It helps proper growth, metabolism and maintainance of good health.            

      Unfortunately despite extensive research, it is not yet possible to say exactly how much of each type of food a person must take in order to satisfy that the body's food requirements. The problem of doing this is complicated by the fact according to age, body, size, sex, occupation, and Health. for example children need more food for their proper growth. Youth on other hand need more food then elderly people because of thier active physical work. It has been recommended that an average adult healthy persons required the necessary energy 50% from carbohydrates, (40%) of fats and (10%) of protein.                                                   Food have fats for bodies because they contain vitamins that soluble as well as fatty acids . It is also recommended that adults should eat at least (1gm) of protein per kg of body weight per day.  

Some Food and the Energy they provide 

     Raw Food.                  Energy

       (100g).                      (K.cal)

•    Rice------------------360
•   Eggs------------------163
•   Butter----------------716
•   Sugar-----------------387
•   Beef------------------183
•   Fish------------------176
•    Mutton--------------153.