noun. Poor nutrition because of an insufficient or poorly balanced diet or faulty digestion or utilization of foods.

noun. Imperfect nutrition; defect of sustenance from imperfect assimilation of food.

noun. Faulty or imperfect nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced food intake.

noun. a lack of adequate nourishment

noun. a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

"The latest survey of women's and children's health and nutrition, based on a survey of 23,000 households throughout the nation, reveals that a marked decrease in malnutrition is being replaced, unfortunately, by a higher incidence of obesity."

deficiency disease  

avitaminosis  hypovitaminosis  kwashiorkor  marasmus  

Deposition  Inquisition  Prohibition  Titian  abolition  

alcoholism  anemia  bronchitis  catarrh  debility  

Lombardy leprosy  anemia  ariboflavinosis  beriberi  cachexia