Nutritional deficiencies

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Nutritional deficiencies

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Many diseases in humans are directly or indirectly caused by improper eating habits and malnutrition. These include, but are not limited to, nutritional deficiency diseases, caused by a lack of essential nutrients. These can be associated with poor cognitive performance and other symptoms of interest to psychologists

Additionally, some mental disorders are directly or indirectly linked to nutritional deficiencies]]. These include:-

• Alcoholic psychosis
• Alcoholism
• Anorexia nervosa

Contents 1 Metabolic disorders 1.1 Vitamins 1.2 Microminerals and macrominerals 2 Deficiencies (eating too little) 2.1 Proteins/fats/carbohydrates 2.2 Mineral deficiencies 3 ==Vitamin deficiency disorders]] 4 Foot notes 5 See also

[edit] Metabolic disorders

Metabolic or nutritionally related disease such as diabetes mellitus or endemic goiter

[edit] Vitamins

• Vitamin poisoning

Refers to a condition of overly high storage levels of vitamins, which can lead to toxic symptoms. The medical names of the different conditions are derived from the vitamin involved: an excess of vitamin A, for example, is called "hypervitaminosis A".

[edit] Microminerals and macrominerals

• Iron overload disorder

Iron overload disorders are diseases caused by the overaccumulation of iron in the body. Organs commonly affected are the liver, heart and endocrine glands.[1]

[edit] Deficiencies (eating too little)

Main article: Malnutrition

[edit] Proteins/fats/carbohydrates

• Protein deficiency disorders
• Protein-energy malnutrition
  • Kwashiorkor
  • Marasmus
  • Mental retardation

[edit] Mineral deficiencies

• Calcium
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rickets
• Iodine deficiency
• Iron deficiency
  • Iron deficiency anemia
• Zinc
  • Growth retardation

[edit] ==Vitamin deficiency disorders]]

• Vitamin B1, Thiamine
  • Beriberi
• Vitamin B3, Niacin
  • Pellagra
• Vitamin C
  • Scurvy
• Vitamin D
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rickets

[edit] Foot notes

[edit] See also

• Avitaminosis
• Diets
• Eating disorders
• Essential nutrient
• Failure to thrive
• Food deprivation
• List of ICD-10 codes (E54-E64) -- detailed taxonomy
• Metabolism disorders
• Nutrition
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Starvation
• Underweight

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v·d·e Nutritional pathology (E40-68, 260-269)
Malnutrition	Kwashiorkor - Marasmus
Other underconsumption	B vitamins: B1: Beriberi/Wernicke's encephalopathy, B2: Ariboflavinosis, B3: Pellagra, B7: Biotin deficiency, B9: Folate deficiency, B12: Vitamin B12 deficiency other vitamins: A: Vitamin A deficiency/Bitot's spots, C: Scurvy, D: Rickets/Osteomalacia mineral: Zinc deficiency - Iron deficiency, Magnesium deficiency - Chromium deficiency
Hyperalimentation	Obesity - Hypervitaminosis A - Hypervitaminosis D

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