Synonyms for malnutrition
ˌmæl nuˈtrɪʃ ən, -nyu-mal·nu·tri·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. malnutritionnoun

   a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

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1. • Deficiency Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "malnutrition":

   undernutrition, malnourishment, undernourishment, nutrition, feeding, under-nutrition, nutritional

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1. Sheik Mohammed:

   It’s a critical integrated package of life saving with sanitation, promotion, treatment of acute malnutrition and treatment of common illnesses and including vaccinations.

2. Lawrence Haddad:

   Despite the challenges, malnutrition is not inevitable, where leaders in government, civil society, academia and business are committed... anything is possible.

3. Mohamed Babiker:

   We are already seeing the impacts of this drought on vulnerable people, rates of malnutrition and water borne diseases like diarrhea and colitis are on the rise.

4. David McNair:

   These photographs could be used to understand where people are living in poverty, how crops are growing, where governments or donors need to make early interventions to avoid hunger and malnutrition.

5. Stanley Chitekwe:

   The risk of malnutrition is high and requires the nutrition and other sectors like agriculture, health, water, sanitation, education and social protection to respond adequately.