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Alternate Name(s): Nutrition - inadequate ...... Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when a person's body is not getting enough nutrients. The condition may result from an inadequate or unbalanced diet, digestive difficulties, absorption problems, or other medical conditions.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000404.htm#Definition
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Malnutrition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or inadequate diet and nutrition. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are un...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malnutrition
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Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001 ... Malnutrition is a major health problem, especially in developing countries. Water supply, sanitation and hygiene, given their direct impact on infectious disease, especially diarrhoea, are important for preventing malnutrition.
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www.worldwaterday.org/2001/disease/malnutrition.html
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Overview of malnutrition, its signs and symptoms, and related tests ... An increased loss of nutrients may be seen with chronic kidney disease, diarrhea, and hemorrhaging. Sometimes, conditions and their treatments can both cause malnutrition through decreased intake.
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Inadequate diet leads to various malnutrition disorders such as vitamin deficiencies or mineral deficiencies. General malnutrition is common in developing countries in areas of famine and starvation. ... Heart Disease...
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www.wrongdiagnosis.com/disease/malnutrition.htm
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"We're seeing the first signs that global climate change can influence theincidences of human disease," Pimentel said. "This change, combined withpopulation growth and environmental degradation, will probably intensifyworld malnutrition and increases in other diseases as well." <
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/411665
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Malnutrition in all its forms increases the risk of disease and early death. Protein-energy malnutrition, for example, plays a major role in half of all under-five deaths each year in developing countries (WHO 2000). Severe forms of malnutrition include marasmus (chronic wasting of fat, muscle and other tissues);
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BACKGROUND: Serum albumin (S-Alb), C-reactive protein (CRP), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) predict malnutrition, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ... Associations between biomarker levels and malnutrition, CVD, and mortality were evaluated by means...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16377395
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Especially in developing-country settings and other places where a balanced diet may not be available, to combat malnutrition, ... Worldwide, it's estimated that the supplements are boosting children's immune systems and saving up to a million lives a year among children at risk of infectious disease.
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