undernutrition
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- noun
- /ˌʌndərˈnuːtrɪʃən/
- Specialized
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desnutrición
- Efforts to reduce undernutrition in developing countries have become a priority for many international organizations.
- chronic undernutrition
- undernutrition and poverty
- health burden of undernutrition
Examples
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A particularly challenging aspect of undernutrition in Africa is that most of its victims have no choice but to be farmers.
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Strong cultural beliefs may also partly explain undernutrition problems in many African societies.
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The combined effect of these challenges is that children in the Central Region are exposed to significant risk of undernutrition.
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Why are some countries so much better at tackling undernutrition while so many others are failing?
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People with dementia should receive nutritional screening to ensure that those at risk of undernutrition or dehydration are identified and appropriate care plans are implemented.
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Adverse conditions like poverty, undernutrition, infections, and infestations may promote unsatisfactory pregnancy outcomes.
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The risks and hazards for street children are great: illiteracy, toxicity from inhalant drugs, chronic hunger and undernutrition, sexual exploitation, and AIDS.
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Other studies in India and Libya have also shown that low birth weight is a significant risk factor for undernutrition among children in many developing countries (El Taguri et al., 2009; Rahman et al., 2016).
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Moreover, the three regions in the northern part of Ghana remain areas of significant undernutrition concern and require the intensification of current undernutrition reduction efforts, but regional development strategies rather than household-level poverty alleviation may yield more dividends.
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Many children around the world suffer from undernutrition, which can lead to serious health problems.
Synonyms
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5.1
A health problem when the body does not get or use the right food
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Not having enough food and nutrients to be healthy and grow
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A lack of enough food to grow or be healthy
Antonyms
How Nourished
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word undernutrition combines under- ('below') and nutrition ('food and care that keeps the body healthy'). So it means getting less food or important nutrients than the body needs.