Discuss the six stages of the continuum of nutritional health and their corresponding metabolic, physiological, or functional status


The six stages of the continuum of nutritional health, and their corresponding statuses, are:
1 . Resilient and healthy: Metabolic homeostasis, able to defend against injury.
2 . Altered substrate availability: Reduction of nutrient stores or accumulation of excess, subclinical changes.
3 . Nonspecific signs and symptoms: Metabolic and physiologic alterations are observable
4 . Clinical condition: Evident illness and medical diagnosis
5 . Chronic condition: Altered metabolism and structural changes in tissues become permanent
6 . Terminal illness and death: Complications advance, body systems shut down

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