What is malnutrition?

Answer 1

Malnutrition is a condition which occurs when there is a deficiency of certain vital nutrients in a person's diet. The deficiency fails to meet the demands of the body leading to effects on the growth, physical health, mood, behaviour and other functions of the body. Malnutrition commonly affects children and the elderly.

Malnutrition also entails conditions where diet does not contain the right balance of nutrients. This might mean a diet high on calories but deficient in vitamins and

minerals. These second group of individuals may be overweight or obese but are still considered malnourished. Thus being malnourished does not always mean that the person is underweight or thin. (1-4)

Mal=Bad.

Malnutrition is poor nutrition caused by any unhealthy eating habits, too much, too little, eating nutrient deficent

food,or

a general lack of balance overall

Malnutrition means devoid of nutritious foods. In many Asian and African countries, pregnant mothers and new born children suffers from malnutrition. The would be mothers do not get sufficient nutritious foods during their pregnancy and babies born are always under weight, suffer from various diseases. In India, specially in joint families, pregnant mothers are always neglected during their pregnancy and they themselves are shy about selves and would be babies. The later are being minimized with the advent of nucleus families. However, in rural areas, malnutrition is linked with poverty and eradicating poverty to improve their lot is a gigantic task. However, the NGOS can play an important role in educating the would be mothers with taking cheap nutritious foods like rice residues in liquid form, fruits like guava, banana that are easily available,so

that their body deficiency can be partially compensated and babies born are not liability of the nation.

malnutrition is what happens when an animal (usually with baby animals) are smaller in size because of lack of nutrition (food and water or milk).

Malnutrition is the condition of lacking or having excessive amounts of vital nutrients. This is an imbalanced diet. Most people think of malnutrition as being "underfed", but malnutrition also refers to high intake as well.
its not eating or taking food that's yum and hungry so child's get malnutritious

---celjoy

this is the correct answer i searched it from Wikipedia

• Malnutrition is the condition when the body is not getting enough nutrients and calories to stay healthy.

• It may be a case of excessive and out of balance food intake as well as a poor diet that gives them the wrong balance of basic food groups.

• We already know that a great percentage of the world population does not eat properly and it is no surprise malnutrition is seen as the biggest threat to worldwide health by WHO- World Health Organization.

• It puts both mental and physical health at risk, by the increase in the number of certain illnesses due to the lack of ability of your weaker body to fight viruses and infections and heal. Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.