malnutrition
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Aid trucks are no longer diverted from reaching their destinations en masse, and child malnutrition cases have plummeted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He has met his lawyer in a wheelchair on multiple occasions, in some cases struggling to get out of bed, and has reportedly shown signs of malnutrition, according to Qiang.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
On Sunday, the government announced a one-day-per-week reduction in its free school meals programme, though not for areas with high malnutrition rates.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Displaced families now live in vast tent settlements, where they face malnutrition, hunger and the spread of disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
A much more representative viewpoint is that of a three-year-old girl dying from malnutrition in first-century China because her father’s crops have failed.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Vocabulary lists containing malnutrition
Nutrition - Introductory
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Nutrition - Middle School
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Nelson Mandela "I am Prepared to Die" (1964)
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