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nutritionNutrition is a science which studies the relationship
between diet and states of health and disease. Dieticians are
Health professionals who are specialised in this area of
expertise. They are also the only highly trained health
professionals able to provide safe, evidence based and accurate
dietary advice and interventions. Between the extremes of
optimal health and death from starvation or malnutrition, there
is an array of disease states that can be caused or alleviated
by changes in diet. Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in
diet can produce negative impacts on health, which may lead to
diseases such as scurvy, obesity or osteoporosis, as well as
psychological and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive
ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in health,
(e.g. lead, mercury, PCBs, dioxins), may incur toxic and
potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose. The science
of nutrition attempts to understand how and why spe