undernourishes
Provides inadequate sustenance
Undernourishes means fails to provide adequate nutrition.
A diet that undernourishes leaves the body without sufficient nutrients for health: A steady diet of junk food undernourishes children even when they're not hungry.
The word applies literally to food but extends to anything that starves what it should sustain: The curriculum undernourishes curiosity.
Arresting natural growth
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- underweightBelow normal mass
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
emaciation · deficiency · malabsorption · developmental delays · cognitive impairment · weakened · debilitated · frail
Vitamin C deficiency disease
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
- pellagraNiacin-lack illness
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
goiter · osteoporosis · neuropathy · edema · immune deficiency · hypoglycemia · night blindness · iron deficiency
Uncertain access to adequate meals
- povertySevere lack of resources
- famineSevere food shortage
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- conflict zonesAreas of active warfare
displacement · food deserts · inequity · neglect · malabsorption · chronic illness · eating disorders · food scarcity
Organized meal distribution efforts
- supplementationAdding to something insufficient
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- refeedingResuming nutrition after deprivation
- nutrition assistanceHelp getting adequate nourishment
food aid · school meals · WIC · UNICEF · relief efforts
stunting
Arresting natural growth
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- underweightBelow normal mass
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
cachexia · emaciation · deficiency · malabsorption · developmental delays · cognitive impairment · weakened · debilitated · frail · gaunt
scurvy
Vitamin C deficiency disease
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
- pellagraNiacin-lack illness
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
anemia · goiter · osteoporosis · neuropathy · edema · immune deficiency · hypoglycemia · night blindness · iron deficiency · vitamin A deficiency
food insecurity
Uncertain access to adequate meals
conflict zones · displacement · food deserts · inequity · neglect · malabsorption · chronic illness · eating disorders · food scarcity · sanctions
feeding programs
Organized meal distribution efforts
- supplementationAdding to something insufficient
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- refeedingResuming nutrition after deprivation
nutrition assistance · food aid · school meals · WIC · UNICEF · relief efforts