malnutrition

noun

mal·nu·tri·tion | \ ˌmal-nu̇-ˈtri-shən

, -nyu̇-\

Definition of malnutrition

: faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization

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a program to help poor children suffering from malnutrition

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The 13-year-old was taken to the hospital and treated for malnutrition. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Boy, 13, found naked, chained in Alabama home was forced to sleep in dog crate, officials say," 25 Sep. 2018 Critics call that an effort to mask a calamity marked by bread lines, spreading malnutrition, an economy that has shrunk in half over the last four years, and an exodus of millions of Venezuelans. — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, "Venezuela’s Inflation Rate Surges Higher," 7 Nov. 2018 None of its doctors have been trained in treating malnutrition. — Washington Post, "In Yemen, a mother’s quest to save her baby from starvation," 5 May 2018 Almost half of Guatemalan children under age 5 suffer malnutrition, and 23 percent are severely malnourished. — Maria Verza, The Seattle Times, "Poverty, unemployment, violence drive Guatemalan emigration," 26 Oct. 2018 For cancer patients, a loss of appetite because of treatment side effects can lead to malnutrition, which lessens the body’s ability to fight disease. — New York Times, "Cod and ‘Immune Broth’: California Tests Food as Medicine," 11 May 2018 Instead, the charity used historical mortality rates and U.N. data on Yemeni malnutrition to estimate that more than 25,000, or 20 to 30 percent of all acutely malnourished children, have died every year since April 2015. — Rick Noack, The Seattle Times, "85,000 children have starved to death during the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, charity reports," 21 Nov. 2018 Studies in mice also indicate that paternal malnutrition can lead to elevated serum glucose and thus hypertension—which can lead to cerebral hemorrhage—in male offspring only. — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "Trauma of US Civil War POW experience affected the next generation," 22 Oct. 2018 Photos of the bony bodies of children tell the story of widespread malnutrition. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Revolt in Venezuela," 23 Jan. 2019

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