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malnutrition
/ ˌæːˈٰɪʃə /
noun
- lack of adequate nutrition resulting from insufficient food, unbalanced diet, or defective assimilation
malnutrition
/ ă′n̅̅-ٰĭ′ə /
- Poor nutrition caused by an insufficient, oversufficient, or poorly balanced diet or by a medical condition, such as chronic diarrhea, resulting in inadequate digestion or utilization of foods.
malnutrition
- Inadequate nutrition caused by the lack of a balanced diet or by disorders of the digestive system in which the nutrients from food cannot be absorbed properly.
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"Without these essential supplies, malnutrition, diseases and other preventable conditions will likely surge, leading to an increase in preventable child deaths," Unicef wrote in a press release.
He added that malnutrition complicates wound healing and rehabilitation, as most patients lacked sufficient protein in the restricted diet made necessary by Israel’s siege and blockade.
"Mum's health is rapidly deteriorating, and she is collapsing due to malnutrition," she said.
“Not malnutrition no problems. Why do you have to hate? Get a calendar.”
Its analysis for September 2024 to August 2025 warned levels of acute malnutrition were 10 times higher than before the war started.
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