Malnutrition can cause various nutrition disorders, including anemia, beriberi, pellagra, and rickets, and can lead to starvation and death. Poverty, natural disasters, poor agricultural practices, and conflicts are common causes. Overnutrition, which leads to obesity and related conditions, is also a leading cause in first world nations.
Malnutrition is a medical condition that can lead to a number of nutrition disorders, such as anemia, beriberi, pellagra and rickets. In extreme cases, malnutrition can lead to starvation and death. The causes of malnutrition are most often related to insufficient nutrient consumption, although malnutrition can also be caused by excessive or imbalanced nutrient consumption. Insufficient nutrient consumption is usually caused by conditions such as poverty, natural disasters, poor agricultural practices or lack of agricultural technology, or conflicts and wars. Malnutrition can also be caused by poor dietary choices, leading to the consumption of foods that lack the right nutrient balance for the continued function of the human body.
Poverty is one of the most common causes of malnutrition. Malnutrition can also exist in areas of the world with food surpluses, due to the fact that a percentage of the population cannot afford food with good nutritional values. This lack of purchasing power leads to starvation in underprivileged populations, which in turn leads to malnutrition.
Natural disasters, such as droughts, floods, hurricanes or earthquakes, are also common causes of malnutrition. These natural disasters interfere with food production by killing or destroying crops. Uninformed agricultural practices, such as non-rotation of crops, can cause soil erosion and infertility, which can also interfere with food production. Furthermore, hunger can also be caused by lack of access to modern agricultural technology, which allows for greater agricultural production. Lack of water purification technology is another common cause of malnutrition, as unsafe water supplies can lead to infections and diseases that cause people to become malnourished.
Wars and conflicts can also interfere with farmers’ ability to produce enough food to feed a population. This may be due to sudden labor shortages due to loss of life or destruction of food crops. Conflicts can also lead to the destruction of utilities such as electricity and water, which can also hamper food production and lead to widespread hunger.
In modern times, nutritionists point to a condition called overnutrition as a leading cause of malnutrition in first world nations. Overnutrition occurs when a person’s diet includes enough calories, but does not include enough vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. This type of malnutrition very often leads to obesity and related conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. Getting a significant amount of calories from a single source, such as corn or potatoes, can lead to malnutrition, as can overconsumption of empty calories and junk food. Another cause of overnutrition is alcoholism, since alcohol is caloric and often makes the drinker feel full, but does not contain many nutrients that the human body needs.
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