Which is the consequence of severe starvation? Understanding the Body's Critical Decline
                                
                                
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                                According to the World Health Organization, malnutrition is the single gravest threat to public health and a major contributor to child mortality globally. In the most extreme cases, when caloric intake is severely deficient, the body enters a state of severe starvation. Which is the consequence of severe starvation? The body undergoes a cascade of devastating and life-threatening physiological and psychological changes as it struggles to survive.