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The learning objectives of this chapter focus on the functions and general pathways of micronutrients: water, vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, and electrolytes. The chapter touches upon diseases stemming from deficiencies or excess of micronutrients. This assignment requires students to select one micronutrient of choice and give a short presentation on a disorder that comes from its deficiency or excess.

Question 1: Physiologic Condition: what does the body look like when it's receiving the normal amount of this micronutrient?

Question 2: Pathophysiologic Condition: what presentations, manifestations, and symptoms does a deficiency or excess of this micronutrient result in?

Question 3: Disease Pathway: how does this disease arise in the body, e.g. which organ or organ system does it affect?

Question 4: Considerations: what are some social, cultural, and economic considerations that involve this deficiency or excess?