TRUE OR FALSE Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is not correct Write your answer before each number. Malnutrition is a medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet or imbalance diet. -2 Diet is a pattern of eating that includes what a person eats, how much a person eats, and when a person eats. 3. Poor Nutrition is under nutrition or not enough calories for energy inadequate nutrients Nutrition is also called nourishment or aliment or the supply of foods required by an organisms and cells to stay alive. 5. Nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or substances used in organism's metabolism which must be taken from its environment. 6. Over nutrition is too many calories. 7 Macronutrients are those that are needed in larger quantities. 8. Micronutrients are those that are needed in very small amounts, usually minerals and vitamins. 9 Essential nutrients unable to synthesized internally and so must be consumed by an organism from its environment. 10. Non-essential nutrients are nutrients that cannot be made by the body, they may often also be absorbed from consumed food.​