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Biology · Ch 14 — Human Nutrition

Nutritional Disorders and Disorders of the Digestive System

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Nutritional Disorders and Disorders of the Digestive System

Disorders connected with nutrition and digestion can be grouped into two broad kinds: those that arise from what — or how much — a person eats (nutritional disorders), and those that arise from the malfunctioning of an organ or gland of the digestive system itself (digestive disorders). A nu …