malnutrition
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The link between childhood malnutrition and a greater risk of obesity later in life initially surprised the research team.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
Displaced families now live in vast tent settlements, where they face malnutrition, hunger and the spread of disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Girls who marry as children are at increased risk of sexual coercion, early pregnancy, malnutrition and poorer health, according to many studies.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Around 825,000 are at risk of acute malnutrition across three of South Sudan's states: Jonglei, Unity and Eastern Equatoria.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Ma and Pa worry that malnutrition will stunt my growth and I will never grow to be big like them.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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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