[Nutrition-related diseases of adults]

According to a German play of words, man, in part, is, what he eats. Balanced nutrition is essential for health and well being; faulty nutrition may cause disease. World-wide, under-nutrition appears to be the most important nutritional problem and may exist in selected groups such as young women and geriatric patients, in Germany as well. Here, however, the most important diet related health problems result from overconsumption of energy or nutrients such as fat, cholesterol, salt and alcohol.