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MeSH Heading: Nutrition Disorders
Tree Number(s): C18.654
Unique ID: D009748
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009748
Annotation: differentiate from DEFICIENCY DISEASES (results from deficient intake) & METABOLIC DISEASES
Scope Note: Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition.
Entry Version: NUTRITION DIS
Entry Term(s): Nutritional Disorders
See Also: Feeding Behavior
Public MeSH Note: MALNUTRITION was see under DEFICIENCY DISEASES 1963-66
Online Note: use DEFICIENCY DISEASES to search MALNUTRITION 1966
History Note: MALNUTRITION was see under DEFICIENCY DISEASES 1963-66
Date Introduced: 1960/01/01
Last Updated: 2003/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Nutrition Disorders MeSH Descriptor Data 2026