Meanings of chronic malnutrition in anglès

Half of children under five are stunted because of chronic malnutrition.

It has one of the planet's highest rates of chronic malnutrition.

Some, such as Guatemala, report rising cases of chronic malnutrition in coffee workers' children.

Moreover, they presented a high burden of anaemia, chronic malnutrition and low school performance.

The officer had found no evidence of pestilence-onlychronic malnutrition.

Stunting is where children are short for their age, and is a sign of chronic malnutrition.

Nearly half of children have chronic malnutrition.

Nearly half of children under five years of age suffered from stunting due to chronic malnutrition, it said.

The British ambassador to North Korea has said that food shortages in the country are causing chronic malnutrition.

Children who are not getting enough nutrients from their food suffer from what is known as chronic malnutrition.

One third of all Iraqi children in the centre and south of Iraq suffered from chronic malnutrition by 2003.

The U.N. report said general poverty and food insecurity had contributed to increased prevalence of chronic malnutrition in young children.

More than 70 percent of villagers are not consuming enough calories, with the young at greatest risk of chronic malnutrition.

Nearly 50 percent of children in parts of north and west Ivory Coast suffer from chronic malnutrition, the United Nations agency said.

Nationwide, 37 percent of North Korean children under age five suffer from chronic malnutrition, which causes stunting, UNICEF said, quoting earlier surveys.

In some ways, children who suffer from chronic malnutrition are harder to treat as their need for help may not be so obvious.