Malnutrition
noun
The unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food.
Many children in that region suffer from malnutrition due to poverty.
Often appears as...
- suffer from malnutrition
- malnutrition due to poverty
noun
A medical condition caused by a lack of nutrients in the body, either from not enough food or from eating food without enough vitamins and minerals.
Severe malnutrition can lead to weakening of the immune system and increase susceptibility to diseases.
Often appears as...
- severe malnutrition
- malnutrition in children
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noun
The unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food.
Many children in that region suffer from malnutrition due to poverty.
Often appears as...
- suffer from malnutrition
- malnutrition due to poverty
noun
A medical condition caused by a lack of nutrients in the body, either from not enough food or from eating food without enough vitamins and minerals.
Severe malnutrition can lead to weakening of the immune system and increase susceptibility to diseases.
Often appears as...
- severe malnutrition
- malnutrition in children
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hunger
Malnutrition refers to poor nutrition, not just the lack of food, but also an unhealthy diet.
Even with enough food, malnutrition can occur if the diet lacks essential vitamins.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Understand that malnutrition is a global problem, not confined to the developing world.
Obesity in developed countries can also be a form of malnutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Socio-Economic Factor
Malnutrition often involves social and economic issues, like poverty and healthcare access.
Affluent societies may still have pockets of malnutrition among the less privileged.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hunger
Malnutrition refers to poor nutrition, not just the lack of food, but also an unhealthy diet.
Even with enough food, malnutrition can occur if the diet lacks essential vitamins.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Understand that malnutrition is a global problem, not confined to the developing world.
Obesity in developed countries can also be a form of malnutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Socio-Economic Factor
Malnutrition often involves social and economic issues, like poverty and healthcare access.
Affluent societies may still have pockets of malnutrition among the less privileged.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hunger
Malnutrition refers to poor nutrition, not just the lack of food, but also an unhealthy diet.
Even with enough food, malnutrition can occur if the diet lacks essential vitamins.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Understand that malnutrition is a global problem, not confined to the developing world.
Obesity in developed countries can also be a form of malnutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Socio-Economic Factor
Malnutrition often involves social and economic issues, like poverty and healthcare access.
Affluent societies may still have pockets of malnutrition among the less privileged.
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
and I will just briefly read climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask,
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What is obesity? - Mia...
With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to favor fat storage. So when did body fat become problematic? The negative impacts of being overweight were not even noted in medical literature until as late as the 18th century. Then, technological advances coupled with public health measures
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Rob Knight: How our...
and transplant them into mice you've raised germ-free, those mice will also become fatter than if they received the microbes from a lean person, but we can design a microbial community that we inoculate them with that prevents them from gaining this weight. We can also do this for malnutrition.
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The past, present and...
show telltale signs of malnutrition and prior illness. The destruction caused by the Black Death changed humanity in two important ways. On a societal level, the rapid loss of population led to important changes in Europe's economic conditions. With more food to go around,
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Bill Gates: COVID-19 has...
so what about all of these results do you think is the most important one that we you know where would you love to start to talk about this well as you say in most years the reduction in malnutrition the reduction in childhood death
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A global food crisis may...
It shows you net calorie gaps in every country in the world. Now, simply put, this is just calories consumed in that country minus calories produced in that same country. This is not a statement on malnutrition or anything else.
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You don't have to be an...
Ambient air pollution alone causes more deaths each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS. In Africa, premature deaths from unsafe sanitation or childhood malnutrition pale in comparison to deaths due to air pollution,
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The case for fish...
It takes very little imagination to picture a world of global unrest, riots and further malnutrition. People are hungry, and we are running dangerously low on natural resources. For so, so many reasons,
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Undercover Team Rescue a...
it's dangerous we've seen you get three malnutrition and thinking oh yeah I'm feeling really sad for this Jim he's so scared and he said he's whipping him
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Making food transparent...
thank you the right to food it protects us from hunger and malnutrition but household uses the means to feed
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
and I will just briefly read climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask,
Video examples
What is obesity? - Mia...
With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to favor fat storage. So when did body fat become problematic? The negative impacts of being overweight were not even noted in medical literature until as late as the 18th century. Then, technological advances coupled with public health measures
Video examples
Rob Knight: How our...
and transplant them into mice you've raised germ-free, those mice will also become fatter than if they received the microbes from a lean person, but we can design a microbial community that we inoculate them with that prevents them from gaining this weight. We can also do this for malnutrition.
Video examples
The past, present and...
show telltale signs of malnutrition and prior illness. The destruction caused by the Black Death changed humanity in two important ways. On a societal level, the rapid loss of population led to important changes in Europe's economic conditions. With more food to go around,
Video examples
Bill Gates: COVID-19 has...
so what about all of these results do you think is the most important one that we you know where would you love to start to talk about this well as you say in most years the reduction in malnutrition the reduction in childhood death
Video examples
A global food crisis may...
It shows you net calorie gaps in every country in the world. Now, simply put, this is just calories consumed in that country minus calories produced in that same country. This is not a statement on malnutrition or anything else.
Video examples
You don't have to be an...
Ambient air pollution alone causes more deaths each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS. In Africa, premature deaths from unsafe sanitation or childhood malnutrition pale in comparison to deaths due to air pollution,
Video examples
The case for fish...
It takes very little imagination to picture a world of global unrest, riots and further malnutrition. People are hungry, and we are running dangerously low on natural resources. For so, so many reasons,
Video examples
Undercover Team Rescue a...
it's dangerous we've seen you get three malnutrition and thinking oh yeah I'm feeling really sad for this Jim he's so scared and he said he's whipping him
Video examples
Making food transparent...
thank you the right to food it protects us from hunger and malnutrition but household uses the means to feed
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Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve.
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Bjorn Lomborg
Danish Scientist
There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
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Marian Wright Edelman
American Activist
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.
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Luol Deng
American Athlete
South Sudan is my home, and I am humbled to be in a position to help those suffering from lack of access to basic needs, especially the children facing severe acute malnutrition.
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John Grierson
British Director
Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.
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Carre Otis
American Model
My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.
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Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.
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Alex Comfort
American Author
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
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Madeleine M. Kunin
American Diplomat
Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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David Dellinger
A man is just as dead if he dies of malnutrition as of bullets.
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Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve.
Quote examples
Bjorn Lomborg
Danish Scientist
There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
Quote examples
Marian Wright Edelman
American Activist
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.
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Luol Deng
American Athlete
South Sudan is my home, and I am humbled to be in a position to help those suffering from lack of access to basic needs, especially the children facing severe acute malnutrition.
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John Grierson
British Director
Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.
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Carre Otis
American Model
My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.
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Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.
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Alex Comfort
American Author
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
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Madeleine M. Kunin
American Diplomat
Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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David Dellinger
A man is just as dead if he dies of malnutrition as of bullets.
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