malnutrition

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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

Cases surged in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among people with diabetes, compromised immune systems, or malnutrition.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The Gates Foundation plans to close in 2045, with Bill Gates planning to spend more than $200 billion until then fighting poverty, malnutrition and other global problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Crush, a loggerhead turtle, was given life-saving treatment at New Era Veterinary Hospital in St Saviour, Jersey, after she was found extremely weak and suffering from malnutrition.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Ma and Pa worry that malnutrition will stunt my growth and I will never grow to be big like them.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung