WGU C458 Health, Fitness and Wellness Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Nutrition provides the body with the nutrients it needs to perform its daily tasks Undernutrition implies that the individual is not getting enough nutrients. This can occur even if the person is consuming more than enough calories Malnutrition an imbalance of proper nutrients Anorexia nervosa literally means loss of appetite, but this is a misnomer: A person with this is hungry, but denies the hunger because of an irrational fear of becoming fat. Self-starvation, food preoccupation and rituals, compulsive exercising, and often an absence of menstrual cycles in women. Untreated, can be fatal. Bulimia characterized by recurring periods of binge eating, during which large amounts of food are consumed in a short period of time followed by purging (through self-induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics) or periods of fasting