Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Poor nutrition because of an insufficient or poorly balanced diet or faulty digestion or utilization of foods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Imperfect nutrition; defect of sustenance from imperfect assimilation of food.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced food intake.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a lack of adequate
nourishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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Protein malnutrition is serious in developing areas.
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Protein malnutrition is widespread, especially among children, and many of its victims die or are maimed both physically and mentally for life.
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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.
Charles MacCormack: This World Food Day, Rising Food Prices Are Back in the News. What's the World to Do? Charles MacCormack 2010
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Though acute malnutrition is on the decline, hunger in Niger is always a cycle.
Hunger Expected to Continue in Niger Despite Good Rains 2010
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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.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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At the moment, the overall spending on malnutrition is 350 million dollars a year.
Rahim Kanani: Sophie Delaunay of Doctors Without Borders USA (MSF) on Global Health Financing Rahim Kanani 2010
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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.
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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.
Charles MacCormack: This World Food Day, Rising Food Prices Are Back in the News. What's the World to Do? Charles MacCormack 2010
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