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10th April 2016, 01:33 PM
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Malnutrition And Undernutrition

Sir I have started working for a NGO which works for the starvation causes and relief’s and I am offered a job of the survey for the Malnutrition And Under nutrition in the village so I want to know the difference in both of them
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10th April 2016, 01:35 PM
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Re: Malnutrition And Undernutrition

The World Health Organization defines nutrition as: the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs

Hey buddy the Inadequate dietary intake and disease/infections which alter dietary requirements and the body's ability to, absorb and utilize nutrients effectively, are immediate causes of malnutrition.

Undernutrition exists when caloric intake is below the minimum dietary energy requirement (MDER).


Children suffering from undernutrition often show no visible signs or symptoms, which is why it is sometimes called hidden hunger.

Vitamin Angels generally applies the term malnutrition in lieu of undernutrition as it is more commonly recognized and understood by the general public.


Sign Of Malnutrition And Under nutrition

Site Sign


Face Moon face (kwashiorkor), simian facies (marasmus)
Eye Dry eyes, pale conjunctiva, Bitot's spots (vitamin A), periorbital edema
Mouth Angular stomatitis, cheilitis, glossitis, spongy bleeding gums (vitamin C), parotid enlargement
Teeth Enamel mottling, delayed eruption
Hair Dull, sparse, brittle hair, hypopigmentation, flag sign (alternating bands of light and normal color), broomstick eyelashes, alopecia
Skin Loose and wrinkled (marasmus), shiny and edematous (kwashiorkor), dry, follicular hyperkeratosis, patchy hyper- and hypopigmentation, erosions, poor wound healing
Nail Koilonychia, thin and soft nail plates, fissures or ridges
Musculature Muscles wasting, particularly in the buttocks and thighs
Skeletal Deformities usually a result of calcium, vitamin D, or vitamin C deficiencies
Abdomen Distended - hepatomegaly with fatty liver, ascites may be present
Cardiovascular Bradycardia, hypotension, reduced cardiac output, small vessel vasculopathy
Neurologic Global development delay, loss of knee and ankle reflexes, poor memory
Hematological Pallor, petechiae, bleeding diathesis
Behavior Lethargic, apathetic


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