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Many were Wurtembergers, and these for the most part appeared to be quite fit and sturdy, but if you looked at them closely you could see the effects of long, systematic underfeeding.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2018

The counterintuitive observation that underfeeding animals can lengthen their lives is an old one.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

That court order stems from a legal action that the Southern Center brought against Sheriff Franklin’s predecessor, Greg Bartlett, who had been underfeeding inmates while taking $212,000 in food money for his personal use.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017

In a separate project, Dewhurst is analysing levels of exhaled ketones and sulfides in cow breath to reveal underfeeding and tissue breakdown or excess protein in their diet.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2017

It is well known that many more people die from overfeeding than from underfeeding.

From Psychology and Social Sanity by Münsterberg, Hugo