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Differentiate between undernutrition and malnutrition
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Solution
| undernutrition | Malnutrition |
| It is a condition of nutrition where food isinad equate. | It is condition of nutrition where food is either inade-uate, or excess or lacks some essential nutrient |
| It leads to deficiency diseases. | It leads to deficiency diseases and obesity. |
| Under nutrition is a form of malnutrition | Malnutrition has many forms like under mutrition, over-nutrition or imbalance of nutrients in diet |
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