Food availability is also a large issue that can cause health related diseases. If one does not have adequate food they will become undernourished.
When an individual is undernourished, they can no longer maintain natural bodily capacities, such as growth, resisting infections and recovering from disease, learning and physical work, and pregnancy and lactation in women. Poor feeding of infants and young children, especially the lack of optimal breastfeeding and responsive complementary feeding, along with such illnesses as Diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria and HIV/AIDS, are major causes of under nutrition.
When an individual is undernourished, they can no longer maintain natural bodily capacities, such as growth, resisting infections and recovering from disease, learning and physical work, and pregnancy and lactation in women. Poor feeding of infants and young children, especially the lack of optimal breastfeeding and responsive complementary feeding, along with such illnesses as Diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria and HIV/AIDS, are major causes of under nutrition.
Another food issue that is leading to more and more health related diseases every year is due to lack of nutrients. This is most often caused by financial factors because food with lower nutritional value is often cheaper then fresh food with higher nutritional value. The connection between finance and obesity can be shown as there is a 13% increase in obesity in lower income levels then higher income levels.
This issue is growing rapidly in well developed countries as enough or too much food is being consumed by do not contain enough nutrients. Therefore becoming overweight and malnourished. This issue can lead to many health related diseases including; high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. These diseases are a direct cause to over nutrition.
Over nutrition is defined as the overconsumption of nutrients and food to the point at which health is adversely affected. Over nutrition can develop into obesity, which increases the risk of serious health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, and type-2 diabetes.
This issue is growing rapidly in well developed countries as enough or too much food is being consumed by do not contain enough nutrients. Therefore becoming overweight and malnourished. This issue can lead to many health related diseases including; high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. These diseases are a direct cause to over nutrition.
Over nutrition is defined as the overconsumption of nutrients and food to the point at which health is adversely affected. Over nutrition can develop into obesity, which increases the risk of serious health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, and type-2 diabetes.
The issue of obesity and under nutrition is explored in the following documentary and article.