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.

1. Define malnutrition and identify a specific disease that can result from it.
2. Perform library research about the selected disease, and explain its physiological effects on a person’s body. 
3. Describe the relationship between specific foods/nutrients and the disease. Use the questions below to guide your response.
4. Does research indicate that a lack of specific foods/nutrients increase a person’s chance of contracting the disease?
5. Are there specific foods/nutrients that should be avoided by an individual afflicted with the disease?
6. How do specific foods/nutrients work physiologically within the body to help combat the disease?
7. Evaluate nutritional recommendations to help combat the disease.

For information about the impact of diseases on body systems and assessing the credibility of resources, consult the resources below.

• How do I know if a source is credible?
• I need to find information about a disease and the body system it impacts.