dietary deficiency
Missing essential nutrients
A dietary deficiency is a lack of essential nutrients—vitamins, minerals, proteins, or other substances the body needs but cannot produce on its own.
Deficiencies result from inadequate intake, poor absorption, or increased bodily demands: Scurvy is caused by a dietary deficiency of vitamin C.
The phrase often appears in medical contexts discussing malnutrition or restricted diets.
- poor dietInadequate or harmful eating
- empty caloriesEnergy lacking nutrients
- supplementationAdding to something insufficient
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
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- malnutritionmalnutrition, malnourished, undernourished, undernourishment, starvation
- pet rodent carehay, pellets, dust bath, cage cleaning, water bottle
- B12 deficiencyvitamin B12, cobalamin, pernicious anemia, megaloblastic anemia, B12 injections
dietary deficiencyoverconsumption
Excessive use of resources
overnutrition · overeating · gluttony · binge eating · supersaturation
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