Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Malnutrition

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…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

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.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Malnutrition, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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