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Assignment: Nutrition and Disease
Nutrition plays a vital role in a person's overall health and well-being. Not getting enough of the recommended nutrients over the long term can lead to malnutrition which often results in disease and illness.
In a 3 pages paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, address the following:
A. Define malnutrition and identify a specific disease that can result from it.
B. Perform library research about the selected disease and explain its physiological effects on a person's body.
C. Describe the relationship between specific foods/nutrients and the disease. Use the questions below to guide your response.
1. Does research indicate that a lack of specific foods/nutrients increase a person's chance of contracting the disease?
2. Are there specific foods/nutrients that should be avoided by an individual afflicted with the disease?
3. How do specific foods/nutrients work physiologically within the body to help combat the disease?
a. Evaluate nutritional recommendations to help combat the disease.