How Overfed and Underfed Children Can Both Be Malnourished | Be Naturally Healthy
The idea that underfed children are malnourished is easily understood; what may seem more difficult to acknowledge is that many millions of children in the more affluent ‘west’ also go to bed malnourished, although not necessarily underfed.
How can I say that, you may ask.
This is not a questions of semantics and the answer lies in understanding the difference between quantity and quality.
It is the issue that lies at the heart of understanding the function of nutrition and indeed the nature of illness.
See it on Scoop.it, via HealthSmart
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