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S: NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000404.htm (last access: 27 July 2015); FAO – https://www.fao.org/assets/infographics/FAO-Infographic-Nutrition-en.pdf (last access: 9 August 2024).

N: 1. “defect of sustenance from imperfect assimilation of food,” 1843, from mal- + nutrition.

2. malnutrition, physical condition resulting either from a faulty or inadequate diet (i.e., a diet that does not supply normal quantities of all nutrients) or from a physical inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients, owing to disease.

3. Malnutrition may be the result of several conditions. First, sufficient and proper food may not be available because of inadequate agricultural processes, imperfect distribution of food, or certain social problems, such as poverty or alcoholism. In these instances, the cause of malnutrition is most often found to be a diet quantitatively inadequate in calories or protein.

4. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the book What is Malnutrition? (2023) by Lydia J Roberts, and the movie The Hanging Tree (1959), directed by Delmer Daves. In this movie when the doctor Joseph Frail (Gary Cooper) examines a little girl, he finally says to her family: “Nothing the matter here except malnutrition”.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=malnutrition (last access: 9 August 2024). 2 & 3. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/malnutrition (last access: 27 July 2015). 4. Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/What-Malnutrition-Lydia-J-Roberts/dp/1021509930 (last access: 16 November 2024); IMDb – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052876/ (last access: 16 November 2024); Scripts – https://www.scripts.com/script/the_hanging_tree_20388 (last access: 16 November 2024).

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CR: acute undernutrition, cachexia, chronic hunger, famine, food distribution, inanition, hunger, kwashiorkor, marasmus, undernourishment, undernutrition.