overnutrition
overnutrition — 名詞
1. a condition in which the body takes in more food or nutrients than it can use, o
營養過剩
攝取過多營養導致健康問題的狀態
a condition in which the body takes in more food or nutrients than it can use, often leading to obesity, diabetes, or heart disease
Yan's dietitian traced his constant tiredness to overnutrition rather than a thyroid problem.
Yan 的營養師發現他長期疲勞的根源是營養過剩，而非甲狀腺問題。
pattern: traced [symptom] to overnutrition rather than [other cause]
Nkechi learned at her prenatal visit that overnutrition during pregnancy had raised her blood pressure dangerously.
在產檢時，Nkechi 得知懷孕期間的營養過剩已經讓她的血壓危險地升高。
collocation: overnutrition during pregnancy
Dr. Sana's study of Manila families found that overnutrition now causes more illness than undernutrition.
Sana 博士對馬尼拉家庭的研究發現，營養過剩現在導致的疾病比營養不足更多。
Diego ate so much processed food each day that overnutrition began to strain his heart.
Diego 每天吃太多加工食品，以至於營養過剩開始損害他的心臟。
A Recife study linked rising overnutrition in Brazil to cheap sugary drinks flooding school canteens.
一項 Recife 的研究將巴西營養過剩的上升與廉價含糖飲料充斥學校食堂聯繫起來。
- overeating
focuses only on food quantity, not on excess of specific nutrients
- hyperalimentation
formal medical term, used mainly in clinical settings
- undernutrition
the condition of receiving too little food or nutrients
- starvation
a severe form of undernutrition caused by extreme lack of food
用法筆記
Common in medical and public-health writing; in everyday speech, people are more likely to say 'eating too much' or 'overeating.'