Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition:undernourished children...
One in eight patients admitted to the region's hospitals is undernourished and their condition is ignored by doctors and nurses, according to new research.
Her mother Anna was undernourished and food was scarce in Czechoslovakia.
She was undernourished and she had never seen by a health visitor or a doctor.
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undernourishment
/ˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃm(ə)nt /noun...
A commonly used indicator of undernourishment is Body Mass Index.
While standards of health improved in general, undernourishment and diseases associated with poverty like cholera and typhoid became a permanent presence.
In the region, undernourishment and malnourishment were common, and the incidence of deficiency diseases reached staggering proportions.