13
starvation(noun, food, disorder, nutrition, deprivation)
11
malnourishment(noun, food, disorder, nutrition, deprivation)
10
undernourishment(noun, food, disorder, nutrition, deprivation)
9
hunger(noun, food, disorder, nutrition, deprivation)
9
famine(noun, food, disorder, deprivation, hunger)
9
lack of food(noun, expression, idiom, food, disorder)
9
poor diet(expression, food, disorder, deprivation)
9
poor nutrition(noun, expression, food, disorder, deprivation)
8
dietary deficiency(noun, expression, food, disorder, nutrition)
8
innutrition(noun, food, lack, deprivation)
7
undernutrition(noun, food, disorder, deprivation)
5
scarcity(noun, want, deprivation, shortage, deficit)
4
bulimia(noun, food, disorder, nutrition, deprivation)
4
inanition(noun, food, disorder, deprivation, hunger)
4
underfeeding(noun, food, disorder, deprivation, undernourishment)
4
dearth(noun, want, deprivation, shortage, deficit)
4
deficiency(noun, want, deprivation, shortage, deficit)
4
famishment(noun, deprivation, hunger, starvation, famine)
4
inadequacy(noun, want, deprivation, shortage, deficit)
4
insufficiency(noun, want, deprivation, shortage, deficit)
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