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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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🛡️Prevention of Malnutrition
- 1ensuring access to a balanced diet with adequate calories
- 2protein
- 3and micronutrients
- 4promoting exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life followed by appropriate complementary feeding
- 5screening for malnutrition in vulnerable populations such as the elderly and hospitalized patients
- 6addressing underlying chronic illness promptly
- 7community and public health nutrition programs targeting food insecurity
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