undernourishment

African countries, from the point of view of undernourishment , are the ones that are overall in the worse situation than in other regions.

In the last weeks of the war she collapsed from undernourishment.

Overall, chronic undernourishment and a diet that lacks essential vitamins and minerals kill more than 5 million children every year.

Some of his children died of undernourishment.

A child's immune system may be weakened by malnutrition or undernourishment, especially in infants who are not exclusively breastfed.

The physical findings on admission revealed emaciation, undernourishment , pallor and edema.

While two-thirds of mankind suffers undernourishment, our own upper classes revel amidst superfluous abundance.

The collapse of his health was brought on by undernourishment.

The ill effects of undernourishment on fetal development have been well documented.

Most of the cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, the regions with the highest rates of undernourishment and extreme poverty.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of undernourishment, FAO's measure of hunger, has been decreasing very slowly.

What with overwork and what with undernourishment, he became weaker and weaker.

What with overwork and what with undernourishment his brother became very ill.

In the developed world, undernourishment is a growing concern, with 15 million now hungry, the report said.

This is creating further hardship for millions of poor people already suffering from hunger and undernourishment .

What with overwork and undernourishment he fell ill.

"Why is it that undernourishment is so hardy [in India]? " he asked.

Their undernourishment makes it hard to study, work or even play.

Skinny and scrawny imply unattractive thinness, as that associated with undernourishment: Skinny