An Indian child’s upper arm is measured to check the severity of malnutrition. Though malnutrition affects millions of people, especially children, there is still much that is unknown about it, a medical manager says, but what is known is that most people suffering from malnutrition die from disease or infection rather than starvation itself.

First published in the September 22, 2022, 5:24 a.m. edition

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