overnutrition
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Overnutrition (also known as hyperalimentation) is a form of malnutrition in which the intake of nutrients is oversupplied. The amount of nutrients exceeds the amount required for normal growth, development, and metabolism.
Research
309,780 papers- Overnutrition: Current scenario & combat strategies.The Indian journal of medical research · 2019
- Overnutrition causes insulin resistance and metabolic disorder through increased sympathetic nervous system activity.Cell metabolism · 2025
- Reuniting overnutrition and undernutrition, macronutrients, and micronutrients.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2019
- Developmental overnutrition and obesity and type 2 diabetes in offspring.Diabetologia · 2019
- Overnutrition: Does Complementary Feeding Play a Role?Annals of nutrition & metabolism · 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- malnutrition
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- different from
- forced induction
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:654
- opposite of
- starvation
- ICD-9-CM
- 278.8
- health specialty
- endocrinology
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- medical examination
- blood test
- possible treatment
- healthy diet
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Overnutrition (also known as hyperalimentation) is a form of malnutrition in which the intake of nutrients is oversupplied. The amount of nutrients exceeds the amount required for normal growth, development, and metabolism.
Overnutrition can lead to: Obesity, a disorder which occurs by eating more calories than one burns, as well as: Oversupplying a specific nutrient, such as dietary minerals or vitamin poisoning.
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