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Malnutrition

Malnutrition
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   8.25

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    suffering, abuse, anemia, calcium, digest, digestion, lactose, manufacturers, starvation, vulnerable, exam, identify, long-term, difficulty, digestive, fatigue
     content words:    Nutritional Rickets, Third World, United States

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Malnutrition
By Jennifer Kenny 		  
1     Caption: This child is suffering from malnutrition and has manifested symptoms of the disease Nutritional Rickets. Note the bowed legs and enlarged right wrist. Nutritional Rickets is a condition in which children's bones are too soft, and do not develop properly due to a deficiency of vitamin D.
 
2     Augustine lived in a Third World country. He rarely had enough to eat. The drought in his nation's land made regular meals vanish. Augustine suffered from malnutrition.
 
3     Teresa was lactose intolerant. She avoided milk and dairy products because they made her feel so ill. She wasn't taking enough calcium into her body. As a result, she suffered from malnutrition.
 
4     Philip was a young accountant. He ate plenty of junk food, but not much that was good for his body. As a result, Philip was suffering from malnutrition.

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