Nutritionally Related Diseases

Not all diseases are equally influenced by diet.  Some are purely hereditary, like sickle-cell anaemia.  Some may be inherited or the tendency to develop them may be inherited, but also may be influenced by diet, like some forms of diabetes, some are purely dietary, like the vitamin and mineral deficiency diseases.  Nutrition alone is not enough to prevent many diseases, but it does help.

Genetic Diseases

Nutrition Sensitive Diseases

Primary Nutritional Diseases
Malnutrition and starvation – general food deprivation due to a number of different causes...

Secondary Nutritional Diseases
Secondary nutritional diseases includes food allergies, arthritis, alcoholism ...