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What is the meaning of prolonged starvation?

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has historically cited hunger as one of the gravest global threats to public health. Prolonged starvation refers to a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake over an extended period, which eventually forces the body to consume its own tissues to survive.