malnutrition
/ˌmælnjuˈtrɪʃn/noun
उच्चारण मैल्न्युट्रिशन
कुपोषण
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a poor condition of health caused by a lack of food or by not eating the right kind of food
कुपोषण
- Malnutrition among children remains a serious problem.
- The mid-day meal scheme aims to reduce malnutrition.
Synonyms undernourishment malnourishment undernutrition
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malnourished adjectivenutrition noun
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Surveys measure child malnutrition as stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for height) and underweight (low weight for age).
सर्वेक्षण बच्चों के कुपोषण को stunting (उम्र के हिसाब से कम लंबाई), wasting (लंबाई के हिसाब से कम वज़न) और underweight (उम्र के हिसाब से कम वज़न) के रूप में मापते हैं।