Dr. JOHN-KALL: The biggest problems that we're seeing currently is the rates of malnutrition.
Sullivan also pointed to possible "complicating factors, " such as malnutrition, poor housing or crowded conditions.
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"These parasitic infections cause malnutrition, stunted growth, and stunted mental development, " added Dr Bogoch.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is targeting double-digit growth to alleviate poverty and malnutrition.
She said growth retardation lines on the boy's bones could indicate "malnutrition... abuse or neglect".
But as Mr Rajan's report makes clear, the country still suffers from financial malnutrition.
Our recent survey of over 5, 000 adults painted a depressing picture of malnutrition in the community.
An estimated 127, 300 children under age 5 are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF says.
Of the world's undersized children (a good indicator of malnutrition), 70% live in middle-income countries.
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But malnutrition actually causes diseases as well, and can be fatal in its own right.
The damage malnutrition does in the first 1, 000 days of life is also irreversible.
He immediately took her to a vet to be treated for severe malnutrition.
For example, in Scottish hospitals it is now becoming mandatory to screen patients for malnutrition, he said.
The medical examiner said a contributing factor in Lee's death was "cachexia of unknown origin, " or malnutrition.
Its resources are limited, its tribes fiercely independent and well-armed, its plagues of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition persistent.
It says that more than one million children in the Sahel region are at risk of severe malnutrition.
This is one of the world's poorest countries with among the highest rates of malnutrition and child mortality.
He said there was also a great deal of malnutrition in the community, particularly among people with low incomes.
Yet in a typical African country, one-third of the children under five still have stunted growth due to malnutrition.
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Malnutrition was widespread, and so were diseases associated with poverty: cholera, dysentery, typhoid and parasitic infections such as malaria.
This is akin to the body running out of fuel or extreme malnutrition.
Reconciliation requires that we end malnutrition, homelessness and ignorance, as the Reconstruction and Development Programmes has started to do.
One in five children under five suffers from malnutrition, and one in ten women of childbearing age is anaemic.
Where Progresa operates, more children have registered for school, more people are visiting their medics, and malnutrition is down.
Mr Wilson said awareness of malnutrition was still poor among doctors and nurses.
In some areas, a third of the population are suffering from chronic malnutrition.
World leaders attending that summit must "face this crisis and tackle the scourge of malnutrition for good", said Ms Whitbread.
In 2012 our impact report showed clear reductions in child mortality and malnutrition and improvements in education across sponsorship programmes.
Problems eating solids can lead to malnutrition and secondary problems such as reduced resistance to infection and pressure sore risk.
As a UNICEF ambassador since 1999, he has championed such childhood causes as malnutrition, domestic abuse and trafficking among others.
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