The diminished respiratory capacity among clients with COPD can limit the amount of food they are able to eat, placing them at high risk for nutritional deficiencies Consuming a nutrient-rich diet boosts the immune system and helps prevent respiratory tract infections and pneumonia.

Nutrition plays a vital role in the growth, development, and maintenance of the pulmonary system throughout the lifespan. Starting in utero, maternal malnutrition can limit alveolarization and pulmonary vascular development in the fetus

pneumonia — a condition that leads to inflammation of the lung parenchyma caused by infection, chronic pulmonary diseases, ventilator use, or aspiration; pneumonia can lead to chronic…. amount of food they — able to eat, placing them at high risk for nutritional deficiencies. asthma — a chronic disease process clinically characterized by recurrent inflammation and airway narrowing, limiting gas exchange in the lungs. pulmonary embolism — a thrombus that becomes dislodged and travels to the lungs, preventing the natural flow of blood within the pulmonary artery or its branches.