undernutrition
/uhn-der-noo-trish-uhn, -nyoo-/US // ˌʌn dər nuˈtrɪʃ ən, -nyu- //
营养不良,营养不足,不良反应
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body to convert or absorb it.
Examples
This pattern let the team understand how undernutrition changes the body, and also track gut microbiome changes.
The results suggest the microbe-friendly food could help children’s bodies turn back the clock on the ill effects of undernutrition, the researchers say.
“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.
With such knowledge, we may alter our diet very greatly without danger of undernutrition.
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