Multisystem processes

  • Nutrition

  1. Generation, expenditure, and storage of energy at the whole-body level.

  2. Assessment of nutritional status across the life span, including calories, protein, essential nutrients, hypoalimentation.

  3. Functions of nutrients, including essential, trans-fatty acids, cholesterol.

  4. Protein-calorie malnutrition.

  5. Vitamin deficiencies and/or toxicities.

  6. Mineral deficiencies and toxicities.

  7. Eating disorders (eg, obesity, anorexia, bulimia).

  • Temperature regulation

  • Adaptation to environmental extremes, including occupational exposures
  1. Physical and associated disorders (eg, temperature, radiation, burns, decreased atmospheric pressure, high-altitude sickness, increased water pressure).

  2. Chemical (eg, gases, vapors, smoke inhalation, agricultural hazards, volatile organic solvents, heavy metals, principles of poisoning and therapy).

  • Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance and disorders (eg, dehydration, acidosis, alkalosis)

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