Question

What is difference between malnourished and undernourished?

Answer 1

Poverty is closely associated with malnutrition in India and most developing countries. However, you will be surprised to know that the affluent class kids also suffer from different types of malnutrition.

Undernutrition is a deficiency of calories or of one or more essential nutrients. Undernutrition may develop because people cannot obtain or prepare food, have a disorder that makes eating or absorbing food difficult, or have a greatly increased need for calories.