PUBLIC SITES:
Medical Definition of Undernutrition
Undernutrition is defined as a form of malnutrition. Site maintained by the Merck Manuals, Online Medical Library.

World Food Programme
Home page of the food aid organization of the United Nations. Includes vulnerability analysis and mapping, information on food shortages around the world, and information on WFP relief activities.

A Global Effort to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition
Online transcript on hunger and malnutrition adopted by the World Food Conference, a United Nations-sponsored event in Rome, Italy, 1964. Site maintained by the University of Minnesota.

Malnutrition
The World Resources Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental think tank, addresses malnutrition.

Child Malnutrition
View publications on child malnutrition from the World Health Organization.

Focus on Nutrition
The organization UNICEF hosts this site offering statistical tables, panel discussions, fact sheets, features, and more, all pertaining to malnutrition.

Child Malnutrition
From a web site devoted to issues surrounding overpopulation, this section deals with child malnutrition by continent.




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