Question

What is TRUE of malnourishment?

Malnourishment is only a problem of food quantity.

It only happens when a person doesn't get enough calories.

It can occur when people get enough calories, but not enough of one or more key nutrients.

People who get too many calories cannot be malnourished.

Answer 1

Your answer would be B "it only happens when a person doesn't get enough calories


Malnutrition is an imbalance between the nutrients your body needs to function and the nutrients it gets. It can mean undernutrition or overnutrition. You can be malnourished from an overall lack of calories, or you might have a protein, vitamin or mineral deficiency.

Answer 2

It is an imbalanced between the nutrients your body needs to function and the nutrients it gets