undernourishment

IPA: ʌndɝnˈɝɪʃmʌnt

Examples of "undernourishment" in Sentences

The French had been let out of the camps and, after internment, deprivation, fear and undernourishment, were not normal, any more than the Dutch.
It notes that, in recent years, experts have concluded that undernourishment between conception and a child's second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.
The Rome conference on Tuesday is sponsored by the U. N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, which said higher food prices may trigger widespread "undernourishment" during the next decade.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) said in their new report that wars, natural disasters and poor government institutions have contributed to a continuous state of undernourishment in 22 nations.
Severe undernourishment (as defined by the World Health Organization) among children fell from 6% in 1988 to 2% in 1999. [ii] The proportion of children under 5 years of age identified as underweight has been reduced from 14% in 1988 to 5% in 2006. [iii]
There is no single solution to the global problems of undernourishment, unbalanced nutritional styles and environmental degradation, but there is one way to approach the issue as a whole: we must realign the way we eat to minimize our impact on the planet.