nutrient deficiency
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Malnutrition or nutrient deficiency cases at both the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey fell between 2020/21 and 24/25.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
"People think that nutrient deficiency only affects people in underdeveloped countries -- but it is also affecting the majority of women living in high-income nations."
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
The public was encouraged to eat more vitamin-fortified, processed foods to prevent nutrient deficiency diseases like scurvy, which is caused by a severe vitamin C deficit, or rickets, caused by prolonged vitamin D deficiency.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023
A new model pinpoints the locations where populations are more likely to suffer from nutrient deficiency.
From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2022
An alternate explanation for the delay in tooth replacement is that the animals were suffering from malnutrition or nutrient deficiency.
From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.
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