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malnourishment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | undernourishment |
| Type of | hunger, hungriness |
| Derivation | malnourish |
Examples of malnourishment
malnourishment
In the part of Ecuador in which the children live, malnourishment is frequent.
From the sciencedaily.com
He has graying hair and a swollen belly, both signs of severe malnourishment.
From the cnn.com
They'll seek to improve enriched foods already used to treat malnourishment.
From the washingtonpost.com
Today, the malnourishment rate in kids is 46%-only a single percentage point better.
From the time.com
They were also denied proper food, and suffered from dehydration and malnourishment.
From the smh.com.au
Higher prices strained already meager incomes and malnourishment increased.
From the time.com
Malnourishment is acute and charities are struggling to keep people alive.
From the economist.com
Little said the victims appeared to have no physical problems other than malnourishment.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It found that half of the participants were at risk of malnourishment.
From the stuff.co.nz
- Undernourishment: not having enough food to develop or function normally
- (malnourished) not being provided with adequate nourishment
- Malnutrition is the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet.
- (malnourished) suffering from malnutrition
- (Malnourished) When a body does not get the proper nutrition it needs to work.
- (malnourished) Referring to an animal whose diet is missing one or more essential nutrients.
- (malnourished) lack of adequate nutrients in the diet
- A nutritional imbalance caused by lack of specific dietary components or inability to absorb or utilize essential nutrients.
- Poor nutrition due to insufficient food or diet problems.
