the excessive supply of nutrients so as to hinder growth and metabolism
overnutrition in American English
(ˌouvərnuːˈtrɪʃən, -njuː-)
noun
the excessive intake of food, esp. in unbalanced proportions
Word origin
[1895–1900; over- + nutrition]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backwind, flamenco, freewheel, neonover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly
Examples of 'overnutrition' in a sentence
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The prevalence of overnutrition in the individual studies ranged between 1·5% and32·2%.
Pratap K Jena, Baliyeri P Jeena 2018, 'Overnutrition among schoolchildren in India: a review and meta-analysis', Lancet Global Healthhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18301542. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overnutrition has been linked to increased risk of cancer.
Ya-Kun Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Qu, Yan Lin, Xiao-Hui Wu, Hou-Zao Chen, Xu Wang, Kai-QiangZhou, Yun Wei, Fushen Guo, Cui-Fang Yao, Xia-Di He, Li-Xia Liu, Chen Yang, Zong-YuanGuan, Shi-Dong Wang, Jianyuan Zhao, De-Pei Liu, Shi-Min Zhao, Wei Xu 2017, 'Enoyl-CoA hydratase-1 regulates mTOR signaling and apoptosis by sensing nutrients',Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-017-00489-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Obesity or maternal overnutrition during pregnancy and lactation might have long-term consequences in offspring health.
Larisa Montalvo-Martínez, Roger Maldonado-Ruiz, Marcela Cárdenas-Tueme, Diana Reséndez-Pérez,Alberto Camacho 2018, 'Maternal Overnutrition Programs Central Inflammation and Addiction-Like Behavior inOffspring', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8061389. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The term malnutrition includes both under- and overnutrition.
Mahtab S Bamji 2016, 'Current Issues in Nutrition', Proceedings of Indian National Science Academyhttps://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/2016_Art132.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overnutrition and insulin resistance are the major causes of diabetic hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in humans.
Tiangang Li, John Y. L. Chiang 2012, 'Bile Acid Signaling in Liver Metabolism and Diseases', Journal of Lipidshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/754067. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Imbalance adequacy level of nutrients can cause nutritional problems, both malnutrition and overnutrition.
Faizzatur Rokhmah, Lailatul Muniroh, Triska Susila Nindya 2017, 'HUBUNGAN TINGKAT KECUKUPAN ENERGI DAN ZAT GIZI MAKRO DENGAN STATUS GIZI SISWI SMADI PONDOK PESANTREN AL-IZZAH KOTA BATU', Media Gizi Indonesiahttps://e-journal.unair.ac.id/MGI/article/view/4410. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Undernutrition, as well as overnutrition during pregnancy, was associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
HS Kruger 2005, 'Maternal anthropometry and pregnancy outcomes: a proposal for the monitoring of pregnancyweight gain in outpatient clinics in South Africa', Curationishttps://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overnutrition on the other hand leads to obesity.
Rebecca Kuriyan 2018, 'Body composition techniques', Indian Journal of Medical Researchhttp://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2018;volume=148;issue=5;spage=648;epage=658;aulast=Kuriyan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)