undernourishment

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Though undernourishment can have political causes, it is often tied to climate factors such as droughts and floods that damage crops.

From Scientific American • Oct. 24, 2023

“An increase in poverty and in undernourishment would go together,” Sridhar Dharmapuri, the FAO’s author for the report released Tuesday, said in explaining the situation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023

That ungainly term doesn't refer to the chronic food scarcity and undernourishment, which afflicts more than 800 million people in poor countries, but rather to the disruption of people's typical food-consumption patterns.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

After decades of steady decline, the prevalence of undernourishment around the world has been increasing over the last several years, driven by factors including conflict, economic insecurity, and weather shocks related to climate change.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020

They do not want a postwar America which suffers from undernourishment or slums—or the dole.

From State of the Union Address by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano