The range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health. It is the interrelationships among these factors that determine individual and population health.
Nutritional deficiencies in children can be serious and lead to lasting negative health outcomes. If youâre experiencing symptoms and are concerned that youâre not obtaining enough of a certain nutrient, talk to your doctor.
Starvation is a form of malnutrition. You may develop malnutrition if you lack of a single vitamin in the diet. In some cases, malnutrition is very mild and causes no symptoms. However, sometimes it can be so severe that the damage done to the body is permanent, even though you survive.ack to Top Outlook (Prognosis). The outlook depends on the cause of the malnutrition. Most nutritional deficiencies can be corrected. However, if malnutrition is caused by a medical condition, that illness has to be treated in order to reverse the nutritional deficiency.