Global Nutrition Meet

Nutritional Epidemiology & Malnutrition

Nutritional Epidemiology is the study of the nutritional determinants of disease in human populations.

In the field of Epidemiology, nutrition can be defined as:

•          The way in which the human body reacts with diet

•          The extent to which the diet influences levels of health

Malnutrition is a serious condition that occurs when a person’s diet doesn't contain the right amount of nutrients. The underlying causes of Malnutrition mainly include poverty, lack of access to food, disease, conflicts, climate change and lack of safe drinking water.