Human nutrition

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Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and good health.^[1] Poor nutrition is a chronic problem often linked to poverty, food security, or a poor understanding of nutritional requirements.^[2] Malnutrition and its consequences are large contributors to deaths, physical deformities, and disabilities worldwide.^[3] Good nutrition is necessary for children to grow physically and mentally, and for normal human biological development.^[2]

^ "human nutrition | Importance, Essential Nutrients, Food Groups, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition (No. 4), UNICEF, May 2006, ISBN 978-92-806-3988-9
^ "Essential Nutrition Actions: Improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition". Washington, DC: World Health Organization. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-12.

[1] "human nutrition | Importance, Essential Nutrients, Food Groups, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[Progress_for_Children-2] Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition (No. 4), UNICEF, May 2006, ISBN 978-92-806-3988-9

[Essential_Nutrition_Actions-3] "Essential Nutrition Actions: Improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition". Washington, DC: World Health Organization. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-12.

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