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Malnutrition

Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. If you don't get enough nutrients -- including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals - you may suffer from malnutrition.

Causes of malnutrition include:

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  1. Malnutrition (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... fats, vitamins, and minerals - you may suffer from malnutrition. Causes of malnutrition include: Lack of specific nutrients in your diet. ... the lack of one vitamin can lead to malnutrition. An unbalanced diet Certain medical problems, such as ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/malnutrition.html - Health Topics
  2. Kwashiorkor 
    Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet. ... often lead to a lack of food, causing malnutrition. Kwashiorkor is rare in children in the United ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001604.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Malnutrition 
    Malnutrition is the condition that occurs when your body does not get enough nutrients. ... There are many types of malnutrition, and they have different ... due to food not being available Eating disorders Problems with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000404.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Weight Changes, Malnutrition, and Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    ... people with cancer, these changes can lead to malnutrition.
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../treatment/side-effects/appetite-loss - External Health Links
  5. What is Malnutrition? (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)  
    Malnutrition/Start Here ... Malnutrition ... Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ... Malnutrition, undernutrition, overnutrition, global hunger, clinical nutrition, critically ...
    https://www.eatright.org/.../what-is-malnutrition - External Health Links
  6. Total parenteral nutrition 
    Cederholm TE, Bosaeus IG. Malnutrition: assessment and support. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine . 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 198. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000177.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. D-xylose absorption 
    ... test if you have: Persistent diarrhea Signs of malnutrition Unexplained weight loss This test is primarily used ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003606.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Preventing Malnutrition in Older Adults (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Malnutrition/Older Adults ... Malnutrition ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/.../?adfree=true - External Health Links
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Malnutrition From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Malnutrition/Clinical Trials ... Malnutrition
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...alnutrition"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Oral Complications of Cancer Therapies From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Head and Neck Cancer/Related Issues ... Head and Neck Cancer ... Cancer Chemotherapy/Related Issues ... Cancer Chemotherapy ... Radiation Therapy/Related Issues ... Radiation ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../mouth-throat/oral-complications-pdq - External Health Links
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