### process | nutrition:

Healthy nutrition
* can also mean fewer and lower medical bills
  - less medical bills
* is needed to have regular periods and normal estrogen levels
  - vital to our lives
* means eating meals that are high in protein, and low in carbohydrates.
* starts with balanced diets and low fat.

Improper nutrition
* can occasionally cause hens to stop laying.
* causes stress in the body.
* factor in decreased hair growth.
* is only one of the many things that cause poor skin and coat.

Inadequate nutrition
* can have a negative effect on herd health
  - worsen chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease
* causes tiredness and powerful urges to binge eat
  - binge-eat
* is due to a combination of factors.

Optimal nutrition
* can make a difference in improving health and fighting infection.
* is the product of eating a wide variety of nutrients from a wide variety of foods.
* maintains good health.
* needs to be a balance of many naturally occurring food substances.
* plays a vital role in the pursuit of greater health.
* requires eating quality, nutrient-dense foods freuently.

Plant nutrition
* can be important in fire blight treatment.
* comes from a combination of leaf photosynthesis and root gathering.
* is the study of the chemical elements that are necessary for plant growth.
* refers to the needs and uses of the basic chemical elements in the plant.
+ Plant, The plant food factory, Plant nutrients:

### process | nutrition:

Poor nutrition
* Most poor nutrition has effects
* Most poor nutrition leads to lower reproductive success
* can adversely affect a person's growth
  - also cause plucking behavior
* can also contribute to anemia
  - bone loss
  - stress and impede learning
  - have an impact on male fertility
  - lead to heart attacks
* can cause a poor appetite
  - discipline problems
  - health problems
  - problems with a child's intellectual development
  - compromise the animal's ability to fight disease
  - contribute to fractures, by making the bones even more fragile
  - have stark consequences for the elderly
  - make our children more susceptible to sickness
  - negatively impact both the short and long term health of all people
  - result in lower levels of chemicals like serotonin
  - retard fetal growth and impair brain development
  - weaken the immune system allowing cancer cells to develop
* causes the hoof wall growth to be slow and brittle, thus loosing the strength.
* contributes directly to poor quality of life.
* decreases levels of iron and vitamin B , leading to anemia.
  - measurable effects
* increases the incidence and severity of dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis
  - likelihood of ringworm infection
* is an important cause of breeding problems
  - known to predispose children to infections
* is one of the major contributors to our pet's lower life expectancy
  - to our pets lower life expectancy
  - related to head and neck cancers and cervical cancer
* is the leading cause of abortion and poor mothering
  - most common cause of disease in pet birds
  - widespread throughout America
  - poor school performance
  - poorer nutrition
* lowers the body's resistance to illness, and illness aggravates poor nutrition.
* major cause of ram mortality
  - factor in the development of respiratory tract disease
* makes a horse less able to build immunity and more susceptible to disease
  - children more vulnerable to the effects of lead
  - it more difficult for the mind to receive and recall information
  - receiving and recalling information harder for the brain
* means weaker or smaller young, with a resultant increased potential for predation.
* plays a major role in prostate symptoms
  - role in retarding mental and physical development
  - the most important role in keeping our defense system operating in peak order
* potential problem among school children, especially poor children.
* very important factor in children's vulnerability to diseases.