Definitions for malnutrition
ˌmæl nuˈtrɪʃ ən, -nyu-mal·nu·tri·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. malnutritionnoun

   a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malnutritionnoun

   a lack of adequate nourishment

2. Etymology: mal- + nutrition

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1. malnutrition

   Malnutrition refers to a medical condition that results from an insufficient or excessive intake of nutrients, causing adverse effects on health, growth, and development. It can be characterized by either undernutrition, leading to stunted growth, weight loss, or deficiencies in vitamins and minerals, or overnutrition, leading to obesity and related diseases.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malnutritionnoun

   faulty or imperfect nutrition

2. Etymology: [Mal- + nutrition.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Malnutrition

   Malnutrition is the condition that results from eating a diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess, or in the wrong proportions. The verb form is "malnourish"; "malnourishment" is sometimes used instead of "malnutrition". A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under- or over-abundant in the diet. In most of the world, malnutrition is present in the form of under-nutrition, which is caused by a diet lacking adequate calories and protein—not enough food, and of poor quality. Extreme undernourishment is starvation, and its symptoms and effects are inanition. While malnutrition is more common in less-developed countries, it is also present in industrialized countries. In wealthier nations it is more likely to be caused by unhealthy diets with excess energy, fats, and refined carbohydrates. A growing trend of obesity is now a major public health concern in lower socio-economic levels and in developing countries as well. The World Health Organization have reported hunger and related malnutrition as the greatest single threat to the world's public health. Improving nutrition is widely regarded as the most effective form of aid. Nutrition-specific interventions, which address the immediate causes of undernutrition, have been proven to deliver among the best value for money of all development interventions. Emergency measures include providing deficient micronutrients through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements. WHO, UNICEF, and the UN World Food Programme recommend community management of severe acute malnutrition with ready-to-use therapeutic foods, which have been shown to cause weight gain in emergency settings. The famine relief model increasingly used by aid groups calls for giving cash or cash vouchers to the hungry to pay local farmers instead of buying food from donor countries, often required by law, to prevent dumping from hurting local farmers.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malnutrition

   An imbalanced nutritional status resulted from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.

Matched Categories

1. • Deficiency Disease

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malnutrition in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malnutrition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of malnutrition in a Sentence

1. Mary Robinson:

   We need to make it clear that people are bereft of their own resources and we are seeing malnutrition and acute malnutrition among children, it's absolutely necessary to understand that this is the new normal.

2. Yvette Leung:

   The vast majority of treatments for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are completely safe for a female to take when she is conceiving and equally safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding, for patients who are acutely ill, however, from their Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis, there may be multiple good reasons not to have children including depression, malnutrition, amenorrhea (lack of menstruation), and general poor quality of life.

3. Diego Recalde:

   In Guatemala, 170,000 families, approximately 900,000 people, have no food reserves left. This is the third consecutive year they have been hit by drought, this is a slow emergency that's not visible but we can already notice chronic child malnutrition is increasing.

4. The United Nations:

   UNICEF... can confirm that cases of severe malnutrition were found among children.

5. Shane Norris:

   Many countries now across the continent are facing a double burden of malnutrition, there's still persistent undernutrition in early life and overweight and obesity in later life.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malnutrition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malnutrition
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malnutrition
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=malnutrition