malnourished
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“If they’re malnourished, they’re going to get sicker. If their parents don’t get affordable care, they’re going to be strapped. It becomes a synergistic and multiplicative cascade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Outside the capital city, North Korea remains poor, with nearly half of its 26 million residents malnourished, according to a U.N. report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Several of these camps have made headlines as the women and children living in them are severely malnourished and lack access to basic resources.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
"Our goal is to reach all patients... and help all malnourished women and children," Zaman said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
Poorly dressed and malnourished, they faced lethal diseases like dysentery, smallpox, and typhus—epidemics typical in army camps where basic sanitation was poor and drinking water carried deadly germs.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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