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Also known as malnourishment, nutritional deficiency
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues and form.
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Malnutrition happens when your body doesn't get the right amount or balance of nutrients it needs, whether that's too little food, too much food, or the wrong mix of nutrients like protein and energy. This imbalance damages your body's tissues and overall health in harmful ways.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Malnutrition
- Medical condition.image
- A malnourished child in an MSF treatment tent in Dolo Ado.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Underfed child in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia, at an MSF treatment tent
- Medical condition.field
- Critical care medicine
- Medical condition.image_size
- 280px
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Problems with physical or mental development; poor energy levels; hair loss; swollen legs and abdomen
- Medical condition.causes
- Eating a diet with too few or too many nutrients; malabsorption
- Medical condition.risks
- Lack of breastfeeding; gastroenteritis; pneumonia; malaria; measles; poverty; homelessness
- Medical condition.prevention
- Improving agricultural practices; reducing poverty; improving sanitation; education
- Medical condition.treatment
- Improved nutrition; supplementation; ready-to-use therapeutic foods; treating the underlying cause