In this essay, I would first like to deal with the causes of malnutrition, before later coming on to the effects of malnutrition. ... Poor eating habits and food preferences may lead to malnutrition through the habitual consumption of certain foods to the exclusion of others or of large quantities of non-nutritious foods. ...
Fifthly, malnutrition can arise from inherited or acquired metabolic defects, more often than not involving the digestive tract, liver, kidney and red blood cells. By preventing proper digestion, absorption and metabolism of foodstuffs by the assorted organs, malnutrition can occur.
Finally, there are cultural causes of malnutrition. ... Because some Buddhist and Jewish sects abstain from eating various forms of meats, it results in the neglect of a possibly plentiful resource of vitamins and minerals, which result in malnutrition.
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