malnutrition
Example Sentences
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The link between childhood malnutrition and a greater risk of obesity later in life initially surprised the research team.
From Science Daily
In India, gas-intensive companies such as fertilizer producers might be forced to throttle back production, which could imperil crop yields in a country that still suffers from malnutrition.
Displaced families now live in vast tent settlements, where they face malnutrition, hunger and the spread of disease.
From Los Angeles Times
Together, these changes increase the risk of malnutrition and frailty.
From Science Daily
The organisations say that they collectively support or implement more than half of all food assistance in Gaza, 60 per cent of field hospital operations and all inpatient treatment for children suffering severe acute malnutrition.
From Barron's
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