Undernourished：營養不良的

12月8日，聯合國發布了關于全球饑餓問題的年度報告，據統計，2000年至2002年，全球共有8.52億人處在饑餓和營養不良之中，比1999年至2001年間的8.42億增長了1000萬。外電報告如下：As Americans grapple with obesity and the nation considers programs to keep children from becoming overweight, the developing world is dealing with another reality.

Chronic hunger plagues 852 million people worldwide, according to the United Nations. Its annual report on hunger is released today.

More disturbing is that after falling for several years, the number of undernourished people in developing countries has begun to climb again. The number of hungry from 1999 to 2001 was estimated at 842 million. This year's report finds 852 million went hungry in 2000-2002, the last years for which numbers are available.

Malnutrition kills more than 5 million children every year and costs developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the report, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004 .

Undernourished表示“營養不良的”，因為nourish表示“滋養，使健壯，養育，孕育（希望等）”，相關的詞組有：nourishing food（富有營養的滋補食物）；nourish a hope（保持希望）；nourish feelings of hatred（懷恨在心）。