thiếu dinh dưỡng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Malnourished; suffering from malnutrition: Describes a person, animal, or population whose physical condition and health are impaired due to a lack of proper nutrients, vitamins, or calories over a period of time.
- Nutrient-deficient; lacking in nutrition: Describes a state, condition, or diet that is insufficient in the essential components required for proper growth and health.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ trông rất gầy gò và thiếu dinh dưỡng. (The child looks very thin and malnourished.)
- Chế độ ăn chỉ cơm trắng với muối là một chế độ ăn thiếu dinh dưỡng. (A diet of only plain rice and salt is a nutrient-deficient diet.)
- Tình trạng thiếu dinh dưỡng có thể dẫn đến nhiều vấn đề sức khỏe nghiêm trọng. (The condition of malnutrition can lead to many serious health problems.)
Advanced Usage
- "Thiếu dinh dưỡng cấp tính": acute malnutrition; a severe and dangerous form of malnutrition that develops rapidly due to a sudden, drastic lack of food and nutrients.
- Cứu trợ khẩn cấp được gửi đến vùng có nhiều trẻ em bị thiếu dinh dưỡng cấp tính. (Emergency aid was sent to the region with many children suffering from acute malnutrition.)
Variants and Related Words
- Suy dinh dưỡng (n/v): malnutrition (noun); to be malnourished (verb). This term is often used interchangeably with "thiếu dinh dưỡng" but can sometimes imply a more severe or clinical condition.
- Tỷ lệ suy dinh dưỡng ở trẻ em dưới 5 tuổi đã giảm. (The rate of malnutrition in children under 5 has decreased.)
Synonyms
- Undernourished: Not receiving enough food or nutrients for health and growth.
- Underfed: Given too little food.
- Starving: Suffering or dying from hunger (often more severe).
Related Medical Terms
- Deficiency disease: A disease caused by the lack of an essential element in the diet, such as a vitamin or mineral.
- Bệnh còi xương là một bệnh do thiếu dinh dưỡng, cụ thể là thiếu vitamin D. (Rickets is a deficiency disease, specifically a lack of vitamin D.)