What is Malnutrition?

Malnutrition refers to a condition that occurs when the nutrients available to a person’s body are insufficient to meet the body’s needs. Causes of malnutrition may include an inadequate or unbalanced diet, difficulty with digestion, problems absorbing nutrients, or other medical conditions.³¹

Malnutrition can occur due to lack of a single vitamin in a person’s daily diet or because a person is not getting enough food. Starvation is a form of malnutrition. Malnutrition also occurs when someone eats enough nutrients, but their body does not fully absorb those nutrients.³¹

Malnutrition, if severe (ie, loss of one third of body proteins in a person of average weight), can lead to serious health problems, and possibly even death.¹⁷

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