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Noun
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Data and recordings from more than a hundred 911 calls at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, along with interviews and court filings, offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
The tool helped nurses catch other problems that often go missed, says Rwandarwacu, including malnutrition and anemia.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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Three teardrop incisions function as indices of starvation’s magnitude.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Two women are facing charges after police said a Shih Tzu abandoned in a Westmoreland County apartment for nearly two weeks died of starvation and hypothermia.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Undernourishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undernourishment. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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