Starvation

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Broader Terms

malnutrition

Related Terms

anorexia nervosa, fasting, leptin

Scope Note

lengthy and continuous deprivation of food.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • Subscribe Online February 22, 2005 Starvation is Part of the Economic Plan The Economy of Hunger By RICHARD MANNING Missoula, Montana.
  • Starvation is the most severe form of malnutrition.
  • Or just about anywhere else in the world apart from the Darfur region of Sudan, where the next mass starvation is now imminent.
  • The site went on to note: "Starvation is, quite literally, torturous.
  • Malnutrition Topics [General] Starvation Protein-Energy Malnutrition Carnitine Deficiency Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency Starvation Structural and functional changes due to the total lack of intake of energy and essential nutrients.
  • Foreign Policy for Palestine; Starvation By Mike Whitney 05/08/06 "ICH" -- -- The United States and Israel have finally agreed on a plan to resolve the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict.
  • Sudan: Fleeing War to Face Starvation Email This Page Print This Page UN Integrated Regional Information Networks May 18, 2006Posted to the web May 18, 2006NyamlellJames Manuen Deng is holding his sobbing two-year-old son Garang, who is wrapped in bandages and blankets.
  • starvation condition in which deprivation of food has forced the body to feed on itself.
  • According to the World Health Organization, between twelve and fourteen million in people face starvation in the next several months; famine looms over Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

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