Converse of object

• combat: The scheme was supplemented in the 1930s by the distribution of food to combat malnutrition.

• suffer: Capitalism condemns every third child in the world to suffer malnutrition.

• prevent: They have now launched a campaign - Hungry to be Heard - to prevent malnutrition among older people in hospital.

• tackle: The first national Integrated Care Pathway ( ICP ) for oral nutrition support has recently been launched to help PCTs tackle malnutrition.

• reduce: And rather than reducing malnutrition and hunger, GM crops actually make things worse.

• treat: Save the Children works to prevent and treat acute malnutrition in emergencies.

Adjective modifier

• protein-energy: The new research areas ranged from the etiology of protein-energy malnutrition in The Gambia to obesity in the UK.

• disease-related: One of main areas where clinical nutrition products are used is in disease-related malnutrition, explained Mr Michael Collyer from Nestlé UK Limited.

• chronic: Nearly 1 million Iraqi children still suffer from chronic malnutrition, he said.

• acute: The agency is treating up to 3,500 children with acute severe malnutrition each month.

• severe: The agency is treating up to 3,500 children with acute severe malnutrition each month.

• widespread: The survey revealed widespread malnutrition, the principal cause of which was food insecurity, exacerbated by the position of women in Beja society.

Modifies a noun

• rate: The global malnutrition rate is around 20 per cent.

Noun used with modifier

• protein: Lymphoid atrophy is a dramatic feature of protein energy malnutrition.

• childhood: What are the best ways in which to assess childhood malnutrition?

• child: In Haiti's rice growing area child malnutrition is now among the most severe in the country.

• energy: Lymphoid atrophy is a dramatic feature of protein energy malnutrition.

Preposition: in

• hospital: Until malnutrition in hospitals is ended, the lack of respect for the dignity of older people will continue to be a national scandal.

• patient: The training highlighted clinical signs and risk factors which will identify malnutrition in such patients.

Preposition: among

• child: More than 4.8 million people in Malawi are facing food shortages, with a worrying rise in acute malnutrition among children under five.