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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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🤒Common Symptoms
unintentional weight loss or poor weight gain in childrenvisible muscle wasting or loss of body fatfatigue and weaknessdelayed wound healingfrequent infections due to weakened immunityhair thinning or lossdry or flaky skinstunted growth or developmental delay in childrenswelling of the legs or abdomen in severe protein deficiency
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