Margaret and richard are discussing nutrition. margaret believes that malnutrition exists when one or more nutrients are inadequate in the diet. richard argues that malnutrition exists when one or more nutrients are over consumed. who is correct?

Margaret is correct

Explanation:

In this question, Margaret is correct with her statement.

There is often confusion between starvation and malnutrition. All people who suffer from starvation, suffer from malnutrition. However, you can suffer from malnutrition while not suffering from starvation.

Starvation is when you do not eat enough food, and your body is deprived of nutrition (malnutrition). However, if you only eat (for example) rice for a few years, not all the nutrients needed are found in rice, and hence you can suffer from malnutrition even if you are not starving.

Malnutrition is when one or more nutrients is absent/inadequate in the diet.