Multisystem processes

Nutrition

• Generation, expenditure, and storage of energy at the whole-body level
• Assessment of nutritional status across the life span, including calories, protein,
  
  essential nutrients, hypoalimentation
• Functions of nutrients, including essential, trans-fatty acids, cholesterol
• Protein-calorie malnutrition
• Vitamin deficiencies and/or toxicities
• Mineral deficiencies and toxicities
• Eating disorders (eg, obesity, anorexia, bulimia)

Adaptation to environmental extremes, including occupational exposures

• Physical and associated disorders (eg, temperature,
  radiation, burns, decreased atmospheric pressure, high-altitude sickness, increased water pressure)
• Chemical (eg, gases, vapors, smoke inhalation, agricultural hazards, volatile organic solvents, heavy metals, principles of poisoning and therapy)

Temperature regulation

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

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