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.
That's just one example of a disease caused by nutritional deficiencies. There are many other diseases such as rickets and beriberi caused by nutritional deficiencies.Asian people who historically ate polished, processed rice (white rice) frequently got beriberi, a disease caused by a deficiency in vitamin B1 (thiamin).or a long period of history, the niacin deficiency disease, pellagra, was a very serious and fatal problem. Characterized as the disease of the three Ds, pellagra causes its victims to experience dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia.