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Malnutrition Summary
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Malnutrition occurs when the body does not get enough vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function. Both undernourished or over-nourished people can suffer from malnutrition. Undernutrition is a...
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Malnutrition Information
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Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. It most often refers to undernutrition resulting from inadequate consumption, poor absorption, or excessive loss of nutrients, but the term can also...


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The Journal of Nutrition
Diarrhea and malnutrition
01/01/2003: 4,144 words, approx. 14 pages
Symposium: Nutrition and Infection, Prologue and Progress Since 1968 Diarrhea and Malnutrition1 ABSTRACT Publication of the WHO monograph, "Interactions of Nutrition and Infection," in 1968 by Scrimshaw, Taylor and Gordon stimulated many scientists to pursue further research on these issues. With regard...
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The Boston Globe
Palestinian Malnutrition Found
08/06/2002: 776 words, approx. 3 pages
GAZA CITY - Malnutrition and anemia have reached critical levels among Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and are growing worse in the West Bank because of interruption of food supplies during the Palestinian uprising, according to a study commissioned by the US Agency...
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AP News
Mrs. Bush: Fight malaria, malnutrition
6/26/2007: 654 words, approx. 2 pages
First lady Laura Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets Tuesday to emphasize that fighting AIDS in Africa also means tackling some of the continent's even more widespread afflictions _ malnutrition and malaria."It's often overlooked that one of the essential things in the treatment...
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U.N.: Malnutrition on the rise in Darfur
9/1/2007: 298 words, approx. 1 pages
Malnutrition is increasing in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region along with lawlessness and the number of people fleeing their homes, a senior U.N. official said Friday."The humanitarian situation in the last few months has become more critical in many parts of Darfur," Assistant Secretary-General Margareta Wahlstrom,...
 


 

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