Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance...

Maharashtra (ISO: ‹See RfD› Mahārāṣṭra, Marathi: [məɦaːˈɾaːʂʈɾə] ) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion...

children under three years old are underweight. One of the major causes for malnutrition in India is economic inequality. Due to the low economic status of some...

Protein–energy undernutrition (PEU), once called protein–energy malnutrition (PEM), is a form of malnutrition that is defined as a range of conditions arising from...

Malnutrition in children is covered by multiple articles: Undernutrition in children Childhood obesity This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Malnutrition in Nigeria, directly or indirectly, is the cause of 45 percent of all death of under-five children. Malnutrition is the cause of stunted...

(12 billion people). Reducing malnutrition is key part of Sustainable Development Goal 2, "Zero hunger", with a malnutrition target alongside reducing under...

Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) is a measurement of the nutritional status of a population that is often used in protracted refugee situations. Along with...

List of types of malnutrition or list of nutritional disorders include diseases that results from excessive or inadequate intake of food and nutrients...

Care of these children must also include careful management of their malnutrition and treatment of other infections. Useful signs of dehydration include...

in preventing undernutrition, malnutrition and stunting and ensuring normal early childhood development. Malnutrition has been indicated as a negative...

Zimbabwe, a country in southern Africa, is suffering widespread malnutrition and diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. "One in four human...

Malnutrition is a condition that affects bodily capacities of an individual, including growth, pregnancy, lactation, resistance to illness, and cognitive...

outcomes. Undernutrition is sometimes used synonymously with malnutrition, however, malnutrition could mean both undernutrition or overnutrition (causing...

Malnutrition continues to be a problem in the Republic of South Africa, although it is not as common as in other countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. 15% of...

food security, or a poor understanding of nutritional requirements. Malnutrition and its consequences are large contributors to deaths, physical deformities...

thinness from absence of body fat and muscle wasting usually resulting from malnutrition. It is often seen as the opposite of obesity. Emaciation manifests physically...

with hypoalbuminemia as a result of another disease process such as malnutrition as a result of severe anorexia nervosa, sepsis, cirrhosis in the liver...

count does not include those who have died from "preventable disease, malnutrition and other consequences of the war". An analysis by the Gaza Health Projections...

1935 had advocated for an international forum to address hunger and malnutrition. The Conference ended with a commitment to establish a permanent organization...

ranked nations (151st to 175th) were all African. Poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, inadequate water supply and sanitation, and poor health affect a large...

the socio-economic challenges India faces are gender inequality, child malnutrition, and rising levels of air pollution. India's land is megadiverse with...

and its occurrence varies from one affected person to the next. Like malnutrition, cachexia can lead to worse health outcomes and lower quality of life...

KWOSH-ee-OR-kor, -⁠kər, is also KWASH-) is a form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates....

Marasmus is a form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. It can occur in anyone with severe malnutrition but usually occurs in children...

of clinical nutrition, malnutrition has causes, epidemiology and management distinct from those associated with malnutrition that is mainly related to...

paste, packaged in a plastic wrapper, for treatment of severe acute malnutrition. Plumpy'Nut is manufactured by Nutriset, a French company. Feeding with...

Malnutrition–inflammation complex (syndrome) (MICS), also known as malnutrition–inflammation–cachexia syndrome, is a common condition in chronic disease...

$10 via text message to prevent the death of a million children from malnutrition in the Sahel Region of West and Central Africa. Gomez has conducted and...

in and after World War I did not cause an outright famine but chronic malnutrition did kill an estimated 600,000 people in Germany and Austria. The economic...