MALNUTRITION Malnutrition involves a dietary deficiency. People may eat too much of the wrong type of food and have malnutrition, but this article will focus on undernutrition as well as overnutrition, when a person lacks nutrients because they do not consume enough food or tey take much of food. Overnutrition Main article: Overnutrition Metabolic Obesity is caused by eating too many calories compared to the amount of exercise the individual is performing, causing a distorted energy balance . It can lead to diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes...