Malnutrition

An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.

Year introduced: 2004

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Tree Number(s): C18.654.521

MeSH Unique ID: D044342

Entry Terms:

• Malnourishment
• Malnourishments
• Undernutrition
• Nutritional Deficiency
• Nutritional Deficiencies

Previous Indexing:

• Nutrition Disorders (1964-2003)

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Malnutrition
Deficiency Diseases
Avitaminosis +
Magnesium Deficiency
Potassium Deficiency
Protein Deficiency +
Swayback
Fetal Nutrition Disorders
Refeeding Syndrome
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Kwashiorkor
Starvation