nutritional deficiency
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Nutrition. generally insufficient nutrition for good health, sometimes involving an imbalance of nutrients or inadequate intake of certain ones.
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Nutrition. nutrient deficiency.
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"For decades, the United States and more than 50 nations have mandated niacin fortification in staple foods such as flour, cereals and oats to prevent disease related to nutritional deficiency," said Dr. Hazen.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024
However, the moose’s coloring could be the product of a nutritional deficiency while in utero or of a genetic condition called leucism — the partial loss of pigmentation.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023
From our vantage point, it’s tempting to scoff at how long it took for the idea of vitamins and nutritional deficiency diseases to be accepted.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2015
The children had stunted growth, and many of the bones were porous due to nutritional deficiency, probably because the commoners lived on a diet of mostly bread and beer, Stevens told LiveScience.
From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2013
That percentage difference is the key threshold of nutritional deficiency that makes teeth fall out.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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