What are the common reasons of malnutrition?

Answer 1

lack of adequate food

In North America High quality foods are more expensive than junk foods, as a result the lower income groups tend to eat foods high in fat an sugar because they are cheaper.

This trend is not limited to low income groups, anyone can make bad food choices, but low income groups have less options.

Answer 2

It is very difficult to define a specific 'reason' for nutritional imbalances, however to put it in a highly basic sense a nutritional imbalance occurs because you are consuming too much or too little of a single, or many nutrients.

Usually we think of imbalance as being deficient, or having too little of a nutrient. This is particularly common for nutrients including calcium, iron, folate and vitamin D.

Nutrient imbalance may also involve having too much of a nutrient and with the increasing rates of obesity in the Western world, this is common for macronutrients that provide energy, especially fat. It is also very common to get too much sodium, or salt, in our diets.

So, we get nutrient imbalances because of having too much or too little of different foods containing specific nutrients. The best way to avoid nutrient imbalances is by eating a large variety of foods from the different food groups and adopting an eating pattern similar to the nutritional pyramid that most people are familiar with. A key point of this is to eat 'sometimes foods', like chocolate and chips and lollies, that are located at the top of the pyramid only occasionally and not having them every day. The main focus should be on eating wholegrain breads and cereals and fresh fruit and vegetables.

Answer 3

Some kids doesn't eat healthy foods they prefer junk foods instead of vegetables and fruits. Until now kids are starting to grow without eating vegetables which they don't know it can lead them to malnutrition.