Malnutrition is a condition that results from an inadequate, excessive, or unbalanced intake of energy and nutrients, impairing the body's growth, function, and health. The term covers undernutrition, including wasting, stunting, underweight, and deficiencies of vitamins and minerals, as well as overweight and obesi…
Malnutrition is a condition that results from an inadequate, excessive, or unbalanced intake of energy and nutrients, impairing the body's growth, function, and health. The term covers undernutrition, including wasting, stunting, underweight, and deficiencies of vitamins and minerals, as well as overweight and obesity, and it can affect people across the lifespan. Undernutrition weakens the immune system, slows recovery from illness, and impairs physical and cognitive development, particularly in children, while micronutrient deficiencies can cause specific disorders even when energy intake appears adequate. Causes are wide-ranging and include poor diet, food insecurity, infection, disease, and social and economic factors. Assessment commonly uses anthropometric measures alongside clinical and dietary evaluation, and management ranges from dietary improvement and supplementation to specialized therapeutic feeding in severe cases. Research published in this nutrition journal addresses malnutrition across many settings, including the domiciliary treatment of severe acute malnutrition, recovery time and the development of complementary food supplements for affected children, the safety and efficacy of therapeutic feeds, the evolution of anthropometry in assessing malnutrition, factors influencing recovery in moderate acute malnutrition, and nutritional status across diverse populations. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to malnutrition and its prevention, assessment, and management.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 47 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Malnutrition, linking to each citing work.