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Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition in which a body does not receive the proper or sufficient amount of nutrients. If not treated immediately, it can lead to death.

Udar was suffering from malnutrition when he was found by an away team from Enterprise NX-01 on Trialas IV in 2154. (ENT: "Cold Station 12")

Kira Nerys was brought up believing her mother, Kira Meru, died of malnutrition at the Singha refugee camp on Bajor, when in reality, she lived with Gul Dukat on Terok Nor, a Cardassian space station in 2346. (DS9: "Second Skin", "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")

After being found in the Gamma Quadrant by the USS Ganges in 2369, Vash was brought to Deep Space 9 and given an examination by Doctor Julian Bashir in the station's infirmary. Bashir could find no signs in her of disease, malnutrition, or parasitic infections. (DS9: "Q-Less")

In 2370, Lieutenant Commander Data suffered memory loss and was damaged after he tried to recover a crashed Federation probe from the planet Barkon IV. Talur, a native of the planet, surmised that Data was an ice-man suffering from malnutrition after he wandered into the Barkonian's village from the Vellorian Mountains. (TNG: "Thine Own Self")

In 2372, The Doctor treated a number of Trabe in sickbay aboard the USS Voyager for malnutrition with a bio-nutrient supplement. (VOY: "Alliances")

In 2374, Rahmin assured Kathryn Janeway that all of the Caatati on three Caatati vessels were malnourished, which was especially hard on the children. (VOY: "Day of Honor")

In 2376, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok told the criminal Dala a false story about imprisonment by a species she had conned from, the Telsians and said that the inmates at their prisons often died of malnutrition. (VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper")

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