malnourished
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My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
At Banissa's main hospital, an influx of severely malnourished children -- some arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia -- has overwhelmed the paediatric ward.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
That’s when so much critical development takes place, and children who are malnourished can never make up the loss.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
According to the UN, three million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
In June 2012, the United Nations estimated that up to two-thirds of the population was malnourished.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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