Food and nutrition

• Diet


  Food a person normally eats
• Reasons for dieting


  • Restricting oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food for weight loss
  • For medicinal reasons
• Balanced diet


  A diet providing the right amount of nutrients for the needs of an individual
• Metabolism


  Chemical reactions inside the body, controlled by enzymes
• Malnutrition


  Incorrect or unbalanced intake of nutrients
• Undernutrition


  Insufficient total intake of nutrients
• Overnutrition/ Hyperalimentation


  A form of malnutrition in which the intake of nutrients is oversupplied
• Deficiency diseases


  Caused by lack of an element in the diet, usually vitamins or minerals
• Nutrition


  Providing or obtaining food needed for health and growth