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	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Malnutrition
		Malnutrition can occur because of the lack of a single vitamin in the diet, or it can be because a person isn't getting enough food.
		Malnutrition also occurs when adequate nutrients are consumed in the diet, but one or more nutrients are not digested or absorbed properly.
		Malnutrition may be mild enough to show no symptoms. However, in some cases it may be so severe that the damage done is irreversible, even though the individual survives.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000404.htm (441 words)

	DNR - Malnutrition and Starvation
		Malnutrition and starvation can be caused by diseases, injuries, the range the animal lives on, or the environmental conditions it must live in.
		Deaths attributed to malnutrition and starvation are seen in young birds during the hatching season due to parent neglect, or once they are fledged from the nest, the inability to acquire their own food.
		In avian species, malnutrition may increase the susceptibility of the bird to parasitic infection (lice and other endoparasites are more common), and may result in the drawing of contaminants from the fat deposits being used, thereby resulting in the circulating and redistribution of these compounds.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26946--,00.html (2553 words)

	Malnutrition
		Malnutrition can occur because of the lack of a single vitamin in the diet, or it can be because the person isn’t getting enough food.
		Malnutrition may be mild enough to show no symptoms or so severe that the damage it has done is irreversible even though the individual may be kept alive.
		However, if Malnutrition is caused by a medical condition, that illness has to be treated in order to reverse the nutritional deficiency.
	www.health.am /encyclopedia/more/malnutrition (401 words)

	WHO \| Water-related diseases
		The impact of repeated or persistent diarrhoea on nutrition-related poverty and the effect of malnutrition on susceptibility to infectious diarrhoea are reinforcing elements of the same vicious circle, especially amongst children in developing countries.
		Clinically, malnutrition is characterized by inadequate or excess intake of protein, energy, and micronutrients such as vitamins, and the frequent infections and disorders that result.
		Malnutrition affects all age groups, but it is especially common among the poor and those with inadequate access to health education and to clean water and good sanitation.
	www.who.int /water_sanitation_health/diseases/malnutrition/en (0 words)

	Child Welfare League of America: Child, Youth, & Family Development: Health Care Services for Children in Out-of-Home ...
		Malnutrition is a wide spectrum of symptoms caused by an inadequate intake of nutrients.
		Malnutrition in children (primary malnutrition) is caused by lack of dietary energy and protein; malnutrition in adults (secondary malnutrition) may be caused by diseases or conditions that interfere with nutrient intake or their use by the body.
		Secondary malnutrition may occur in people whose food intake is disturbed because of poor appetite or faulty digestion, absorption or use of nutrients in the body.
	www.cwla.org /programs/health/healthtipsmalnutrition.htm (1821 words)

	Malnutrition Summary
		Prognosis for patients with malnutrition seems to be dependent on the the patient's age and the length and severity of the malnutrition, with young children and the elderly having the highest rate of long-term complications and death.
		Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet.
		Malnutrition as the lack of sufficient nutrients to maintain healthy bodily functions is typically associated with extreme poverty in economically developing countries, while malnutrition as the result of inappropriate dieting, overeating or the absence of a "balanced diet" is often observed in economically developed countries (eg.
	www.bookrags.com /Malnutrition (1483 words)

	africa-malnutrition
		Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet.
		Malnutrition as the lack of sufficient nutrients to maintain healthy bodily functions is typically associated with extreme poverty in economically developing countries.
		Malnutrition as the result of inappropriate dieting, overeating or the absence of a "balanced diet" is often observed in economically developed countries (eg.
	www.africamalnutrition.com (0 words)

	Understanding Malnutrition and Treatments
		In the developing world, malnutrition is a widespread condition that almost always occurs in people who are undernourished, or do not consume a sufficient amount of calories and nutrients from food.
		Malnutrition weakens the immune system, impairs physical and mental health, slows thinking, saps energy, stunts growth, hinders fetal development, and leads to infectious disease.
		This type of malnutrition is the result of inadequate intake of calories from proteins, vitamins and minerals.
	www.bread.org /learn/global-hunger-issues/malnutrition.html (439 words)

	Malnutrition~What To Look For
		Anyone who is exposed to the risk of malnutrition because of sociological, medical or surgical conditions should be given supplements as a preventative measure.
		Secondary malnutrition may occur in people whose food intake is disturbed because of poor appetite or faulty digestion, absorption or use of nutrients in the body.
		Of course, the obvious muscular signs of malnutrition are the lack of muscle tone and in progressed cases, the skeletal look of the body.
	huntingtondisease.tripod.com /swallowing/id62.html (1236 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for malnutrition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gomez classification One of the earliest systems for classifying protein-energy malnutrition in children, based on percentage of expected weight for age: over 90% is normal, 76–90% is mild (first degree) malnutrition, 61–75% is moderate (second degree) malnutrition and less than 60%...
		Malnutrition a GBP7 billion plus health problem; New research reveals huge variations in awareness and treatment by GPs and low use of diagnostic tools.
		Malnutrition causes heavy economic losses, contributes to half of all child deaths, but can be prevented--new World Bank report; Best window of opportunity for preventing malnutrition in children is between conception and 24 months.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=malnutrition (817 words)

	Malnutrition - People at risk, Necessary nutrients, Malnutrition and growth
		Malnutrition (literally, "bad nutrition";) is defined as "inadequate nutrition,"; and while most people interpret this as undernutrition, falling short of daily nutritional requirements, it can also mean overnutrition, meaning intake in excess of what the body uses.
		In fact, the relationship between malnutrition and infection is cyclical—infection predisposes one to malnutrition, and malnutrition, which impairs all immune defenses, predisposes one to infection.
		Malnutrition remains one of the world's highest priority health issues, not only because its effects are so widespread and long lasting, but also because it can be eradicated.
	www.faqs.org /nutrition/Kwa-Men/Malnutrition.html (1093 words)

	Malnutrition
		This study shows that in 1976, the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients of the general wards of an urban teaching hospital, was 44% or greater.
		Malnutrition was significantly associated with increased risk of infections and poor functional outcome, and was a strong predictor of mortality in the 3 months after the stroke.
		Malnutrition in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia: a predictor of early mortality during the induction-to-remission phase of the treatment.
	www.garynull.com /Documents/Iatrogenic/malnutrition.htm (2525 words)

	CCA Mozambique
		Malnutrition results from a combination of factors which affect food availability, food access, and food utilisation.
		Poverty is recognised as a basic cause of malnutrition and since nutrition is an outcome of social, economic, health, agriculture and other conditions, the nutritional status of a population can therefore be used as an indicator of overall development.
		Protein-energy malnutrition, anaemia, endemic goitre resulting from iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency and pellagra (a condition resulting from niacin deficiency) constitute the most common health problems associated with nutrition and food security.
	www.unsystemmoz.org /undaf/undafcca/2000/ch2nutrition.asp (2113 words)

	Malnutrition
		Malnutrition is the condition that develops when the body does not get the right amount of the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function.
		This type of malnutrition is the result of inadequate intake of calories from proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
		Prognosis for all patients with malnutrition seems to be dependent on the age of the patient, and the length and severity of the malnutrition, with young children and the elderly having the highest rate of long-term complications and death.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/malnutrition.jsp (0 words)

	Malnutrition and humanitarian feeding programs
		This is malnutrition, defined as an imbalance, either a deficiency or an excess, of a person's intake of nutrients and other dietary elements that are needed for a healthy life.
		Malnutrition Matters believes that empowerment of local people to take control of their nutritional needs is fundamental.
		Malnutrition Matters is focusing its efforts on a number of nutritious plant sources for which reliable food processing technologies are available, and promotes the use of inexpensive technology for processing these foods into healthy, value-added products.
	www.malnutrition.org /background.html (0 words)

	eMedicine - Malnutrition : Article by Donna G Grigsby, MD
		Despite marked improvements globally in the prevalence of malnutrition, rates of undernutrition and stunting have continued to rise in Africa, where rates of undernutrition and stunting have risen from 24% to 26.8% and 47.3% to 48.%, respectively since 1990, with the worst increases occurring in the eastern region of Africa.
		Although death from malnutrition in the United States is rare, in developing countries, more than 50% of the 10 million deaths each year are either directly or indirectly secondary to malnutrition in children younger than 5 years.
		Although malnutrition is rare in the United States and other industrialized countries, over half of childhood mortality in developing countries is either directly or indirectly secondary to malnutrition.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic1360.htm (0 words)

	Malnutrition
		Malnutrition, so common in third world countries, may be more common than suspected in modern countries.
		The results of the present study would tend to indicate that a chemical analysis especially of urea, inorganic sulphate or thiocyanate alone or the urea/creatinine, inorganic sulphate/creatinine or thiocynate/creatinine ratio could be used to predict malnutrition after the initial anthropometric measurements.
		OBJECTIVES: In underdeveloped and developing countries where protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is common, it is sometimes difficult to exclude the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in malnourished children because both primary PEM and CF share similar symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings, such as elevated sweat chloride value.
	www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /diseases/malnutrition.htm (1799 words)

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		According to the alert, malnutrition is on the increase, reflected in recent estimates of a 10.4 percent increase in the incidence of low birth weights and a 52 percent increase in the still birth rate in the West Bank.
		Rome, 15 April 2002 - Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise among Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today in a special alert.
		Compensatory mechanisms operating in monogastric species during malnutrition are less effective for the absorption of transition divalent elements such as zinc, which remain bound to ligands of dietary or endogenous origin.
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/malnutrition--foods.html (591 words)

	WFP
		Hunger and malnutrition are still the number one risks to health worldwide.
		Acute hunger or starvation are often highlighted on TV screens: hungry mothers too weak to breastfeed their children in drought-hit Ethiopia, refugees in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo queueing for food rations, helicopters airlifting high energy biscuits to flood victims marooned in Bangladesh or Cambodia.
		Each form of malnutrition depends on what nutrients are missing in the diet, for how long and at what age.
	www.wfp.org /aboutwfp/introduction/hunger_what.asp?section=1&sub_section=1 (1325 words)

	Hunger and Malnutrition
		The most common form of malnutrition in the world is iron deficiency, which affects up to 80% of the world's population — as many as 4 to 5 billion people.
		Malnutrition affects people of every age, although infants, children, and adolescents may suffer the most because many nutrients are critical for growth and development.
		Vitamin A deficiency from malnutrition is the chief cause of preventable blindness in the developing world, and kids with severe vitamin A deficiency have a greater chance of getting sick or dying from infections such as diarrhea or measles.
	www.kidshealth.org /parent/growth/feeding/hunger.html (1189 words)

	Malnutrition Information on Healthline
		Malnutrition is the condition that develops when the body does not get the right amount of the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function.
		Malnutrition occurs in people who are either under-nourished or over-nourished.
		There is an increased risk of malnutrition associated with chronic diseases, especially disease of the intestinal tract, kidneys, and liver.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/malnutrition-1 (696 words)

	Malnutrition and seniors: When a relative doesn't eat enough - MayoClinic.com
		But malnutrition is much more complex, a web of physical, emotional and social problems that traps vulnerable people in a self-perpetuating cycle of dependence and declining health.
		And alcoholism is a leading contributor to malnutrition — decreasing appetite, destroying vital nutrients and frequently serving as a substitute for meals.
		One of the biggest contributors to malnutrition is a solitary life and the loneliness, depression, grief, boredom and fear that often go along with it.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/senior-health/HA00066 (1952 words)

	Hunger and Malnutrition
		People who are suffering from malnutrition are more likely to get sick; in very severe cases, they may even die from its effects.
		Malnutrition affects people of every age, although infants, children, and adolescents may suffer the most because many nutrients are critical for growth.
		Children in developing countries who have a severe vitamin A deficiency as a result of malnutrition have a greater chance of getting sick or of dying from infections such as diarrhea and measles.
	kidshealth.org /teen/food_fitness/nutrition/hunger.html (1273 words)

	Box 1.4 Malnutrition
		According to one estimate, malnutrition contributed to roughly 12 percent of all deaths in 1990 (2).
		Protein-energy malnutrition can impair the immune system, leaving malnourished children less able to battle common diseases such as measles, diarrhea, respiratory infections, tuberculosis, pertussis, and malaria.
		In rapidly industrializing cities with high levels of malnutrition as well as disease and growing industrial pollution, residents may confront a triple burden of malnutrition, infection, and toxic pollution.
	pubs.wri.org /pubs_content_text.cfm?ContentID=1365 (1067 words)

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