Select the best definition of the medical term in italics:
Community nutritionists launched a program to eliminate childhood malnutrition in marginalized coastal settlements.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. deficiency or imbalance in nutrient intake
- Step 1: Break down the compound word: 'mal-' (bad, faulty) + 'nutrition' (dietary nourishment).
- Step 2: 'Malnutrition' refers broadly to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in an individual's intake of energy and/or essential nutrients.
Answer
deficiency or imbalance in nutrient intake.
Why not the others: 'acute contagious bacterial infection' describes an infectious disease like cholera; 'hereditary genetic metabolic dysfunction' describes inborn metabolic disorders; 'complete lack of access to clean potable water' refers to water scarcity, though it may accompany malnutrition.
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