Diseases

Overnutrition

An imbalanced NUTRITIONAL STATUS resulting from excessive intake of nutrients. Generally, overnutrition generates an energy imbalance between food consumption and energy expenditure leading to disorders such as OBESITY.

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An imbalanced NUTRITIONAL STATUS resulting from excessive intake of nutrients. Generally, overnutrition generates an energy imbalance between food consumption and energy expenditure leading to disorders such as OBESITY.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2004

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Overnutrition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044343
  2. Overnutrition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnutrition
  3. Overnutrition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16956975