
To describe:
The various pathophysiologic process and/or disease states that lead to nutritional deficiencies and require nutritional supplemental support.
Concept introduction:
Nutrients are essential for the cell division and growth, protein, fat, and carbohydrate synthesis, hormone secretion, contraction of muscles, and all other biological processes of the human body. Malnutrition is a condition in which adequate nutritional needs not met by the body to do essential activities of the body. Malnutrition causes many nutritional deficiencies diseases that can be controlled by providing adequate nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements are made for order particular disease states.

Explanation of Solution
Nutritional supplement can be classified as enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition based on the mode of administration. Enteral nutrition is the administration of nutrients or food through the gastrointestinal tract. Parenteral nutrition is the administration of nutrients through intravenous.
Thus the pathophysiological process or disease states that lead to nutritional deficiency and requirement of nutritional supplements are discussed.
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