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General & SystemicModerate
Malnutrition
Nutrition & Dietetics · General & Systemic
Moderate
Severity
Very common globally — malnutrition in its various forms affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Malnutrition results from inadequate intake of calories
- 2protein
- 3or essential micronutrients relative to the body's needs
- 4which can stem from food insecurity and poverty
- 5restrictive diets
- 6chronic illness that increases nutritional requirements or impairs absorption
- 7and conditions affecting appetite or the ability to eat or digest food normally. In children
- 8inadequate breastfeeding or complementary feeding practices are significant contributors in many settings. Underlying medical conditions such as chronic infections
- 9gastrointestinal disease
- 10cancer
- 11and eating disorders can also lead to malnutrition even when food is available.
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