malnutrition
IPA: mæɫnutrˈɪʃʌn
noun
- A lack of adequate nourishment.
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Examples of "malnutrition" in Sentences
- The probable cause was malnutrition.
- Malnutrition is visible in the children.
- It is the most extreme form of malnutrition.
- It can be used in the evaluation of malnutrition.
- Malnutrition is still prevalent in the municipality.
- Protein malnutrition is serious in developing areas.
- The main causes for this were overwork and malnutrition.
- The child suffers from malnutrition and insatiable hunger.
- The major health problems are malnutrition and tuberculosis.
- Frequently, the cause of the anemia is thought to be malnutrition.
- The lack of breastfeeding leads to malnutrition in infants and children.
- Though acute malnutrition is on the decline, hunger in Niger is always a cycle.
- At the moment, the overall spending on malnutrition is 350 million dollars a year.
- Protein malnutrition is widespread, especially among children, and many of its victims die or are maimed both physically and mentally for life.
- Hundreds of millions of the hungry are children, and malnutrition is the underlying cause of at least 2.5 million preventable child deaths each year.
- A recently released report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) projects a significant increase in malnutrition in developing countries over the next decade.
- The latest survey of women's and children's health and nutrition, based on a survey of 23,000 households throughout the nation, reveals that a marked decrease in malnutrition is being replaced, unfortunately, by a higher incidence of obesity.