The Diet stated that "individual, social, cultural, religious, economic factors...all influence people's eating habits." » (1). Studies show that social, religious and economic factors have a significant impact on a person's nutritional status. Studies have also shown that social factors lead to disorders that affect a person's nutritional status, as well as economic factors, religious factors, and lack of exercise. A person's nutritional status refers to a person's health status in terms of the nutrients in their body. Anorexia, which is a disorder in which a person lacks or loses their appetite, is considered a mental disorder. Binging is the actual action taken by a person to force themselves to vomit up what they eat so as not to gain weight. These conditions greatly affect a person's nutritional status. A person's nutritional status can be affected by religious practices, social customs, economic factors, and lack of exercise. A person's nutritional status can be affected by their religious beliefs. Ruth A. Waibel shows that Muslims have an obligation to abstain from drinking, eating, and having sexual intercourse during the day (1). The Islamic religion affects the nutritional status of an individual due to fasting for a very long period of time. In the Islamic religion, it is common to go at least 12 hours without absorbing any type of liquid or solid. This affects the body as it can lead to malnutrition as the individual goes a huge amount of time without eating or drinking. Healthline states that “kosher” is the term used to identify the preparation of foods according to the dietary guidelines of Jewish law (1). This demonstrates that according to what the Jewish diet is for... middle of paper ...... to?" EHow. Demand Media, June 26, 2011. Web. April 29, 2014. Rodriguez, Judith C. "Nutrition and Wellness -be from A to Z. " Eating Habits. Faq.org, nd Web. April 29, 2014. " Seventh-day Adventists. " - ReligionFacts. ReligionFacts, nd Web. April 29, 2014. Waibel, Ruth A. "Diet.com." Diet.com. Diet.com, nd Web. April 29, 2014. "Why We Eat What We Eat: Social Determinants and economics of food choice." (EUFIC). European Food Information Council, October 2004. Web. April 29, 2014. Wood, Layne. "LIVESTRONG.COM - Lose weight and get fit with tools diet, nutrition and fitness | LIVESTRONG.COM." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM, February 4, 2014. Web. April 29, 2014. "Results filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. US National Library of Medicine, nd Web. April 30, 2014. Fessler, Pam. “Eating nutritionally, a struggle when money is tight.” NPR, nd Web, April 30... 2014.