Nutrients are absorbed by consuming food. A well-balanced diet contributes to better development, better quality of life and better health (Gibney et al. 2009). Undernutrition causes hunger, decreases mental and physical performance, and lowers the immune system (Gibney et al. 2009). Overnutrition leads to obesity which is associated with a wide variety of diseases (Gibney et al. 2009). Malnutrition is often due to micronutrient undernutrition and macronutrient overnutrition and has the negative effects of both undernutrition and overnutrition (Gibney et al. 2009). Students are more likely to suffer from malnutrition.USA Today Educate asked Kelly Hoffheins, a registered dietitian at Pennsylvania State University Health Services, about malnutrition in an article on their website. She described it as a lack of sufficient nutrients to nourish the body and said that it is actually very common among college students (Spicer 2012). Hoffheins said the misconception is that only starving people suffer from malnutrition, but the fact is that even if you eat enough calories, the ca...