Malnutrition Symptoms

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  • 1. 'Malnutrition.' World Health Organization, 15 April 2020, www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/malnutrition
  • 2. Saunders, John and Trevor Smith. Malnutrition: Causes and Consequences. Clinical Medicine, vol. 10, no. 6, 2010, 624-627
  • 3. 'Malnutrition Symptoms.' National Health Service UK, 7 Feb. 2020, www.nhs.uk/conditions/malnutrition/symptoms/
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Constantly Feeling Cold

Another common symptom of malnutrition is constantly feeling cold or being unable to regulate body temperature.3‘Malnutrition Symptoms.’ National Health Service UK, 7 Feb. 2020, www.nhs.uk/conditions/malnutrition/symptoms/ This may have something to do with the loss of fat and muscle mass that comes with malnutrition.2Saunders, John and Trevor Smith. Malnutrition: Causes and Consequences. Clinical Medicine, vol. 10, no. 6, 2010, 624-627

The inability to regulate temperature accompanies a bevy of additional symptoms that indicates compromises in the body's systems. Malnutrition impacts almost every area of the body and may cause a host of secondary issues, such as challenges regulating body temperature.

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