Tag: Mal prefix

According to the World Health Organization, malnutrition in all its forms affects millions of people globally, from underweight individuals to those with obesity. To fully grasp the term, it's helpful to first understand what the prefix 'mal' means in the term malnutrition.

Globally, nearly half of all deaths among children under five years old are linked to undernutrition, a major component of what is known as malnutrition. But where does the word malnutrition come from, and what does its linguistic history reveal about our evolving understanding of dietary health?