Usage Note
Malnutrizione is a feminine noun used in medical and humanitarian contexts to describe inadequate nutrition — either insufficient intake or poor quality of food. It should not be confused with denutrizione ('undernutrition', specifically insufficient calories) or obesità ('obesity', technically also a form of malnutrition in a broad sense). The prefix mal- here signals 'bad/poor'.
Examples
"La malnutrizione colpisce milioni di bambini."
Natural Translation
Malnutrition affects millions of children.
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