malnutrition
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Zimbabwean wildlife authorities require hunters to distribute the meat from their kills to the local communities, where malnutrition levels are high following years of back-to-back droughts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The latest snapshot of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification projects that more than four million children aged six months to five years old will need treatment for acute malnutrition next year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The future actress also endured severe hardship during the war, suffering malnutrition as food shortages swept the occupied country.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Gautam believes malnutrition is driven by early marriage and motherhood, with some girls becoming mothers at 16 or 17, when their bodies are still developing.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The crowding, poor nutrition, and lack of hygiene made disease rampant; from typhus to scarlet fever, from malnutrition to psychosis, illness of some kind struck nearly every family.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing malnutrition
Nutrition - Introductory
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Nutrition - Middle School
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Nelson Mandela "I am Prepared to Die" (1964)
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