If a college student is eating only one small meal per day in an attempt to lose weight and is taking high doses of vitamin and mineral supplements to try to make up for the lack of food,the student would be described as having

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An imbalance of intake of nutrients,energy,or both (in this case,high intake of some nutrients and low intake of energy)is called malnutrition.Overnutrition refers only to excessive intake,excessive nutrients,or excessive energy.Undernutrition refers only to inadequate intakes of nutrients,energy,or both."Disordered nutrition" is not a recognized term.

If a College Student Is Eating Only One Small Meal