nutrient deficiency
Body needs more
Nutrient deficiency is a shortage of a substance the body needs to function properly—vitamins, minerals, proteins, or other essential compounds.
Deficiencies arise from inadequate diet, poor absorption, or increased bodily demands.
Iron deficiency causes anemia.
The yellowing leaves indicated a nitrogen deficiency in the soil.
Plants and animals alike suffer when deprived of what they need to thrive.
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- night blindnessImpaired vision in darkness
- low ironInsufficient bodily metal stores
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
balanced diet · poor diet · empty calories · picky eater · undernourishment · dietary supplements · cachexia · wasting · food insecurity · soil depletion · cognitive impairment · beriberi · anemia · pellagra · bioavailability · osteoporosis · pale · brittle nails
- child nutritionbaby food, balanced diet, balanced meals, breakfast, calcium
- nutritionnutrients, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
- deficienciesdeficit, lack, shortage, insufficiency, shortfall
- Diet Therapytherapeutic diet, elimination diet, ketogenic diet, low sodium diet, high protein diet
nutrient deficiencyoverconsumption
Excessive use of resources
overnutrition · hypercalcemia · nutritional balance · megadosing