A diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess, or in the wrong proportions
Adolescent males require largest caloric intake
Over nutrition
Nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism
Obesity
WHO defines obesity as being 20% above your ideal weight
Undernutrition
The outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases. It includes being underweight for one’s age, too short for one’s age, dangerously thin for one’s height and deficient in vitamins and minerals.
An impoverished person who misses a meal is less likely to be able to work for money, and more likely to miss another meal which leads to a positive feedback loop resulting in ultimate starvation.