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==Possible causes and risk factors== *Lack of food including starvation *Poverty *overnutrition risk is increased by being [[obesity|more than 20% overweight]] or having a diet [[Ketogenic diet|high in fat]] and [[sodium|salt]] *[[Anorexia and eating disorders|Eating disorders]] *Disease-related malnutrition - due to reduced dietary intake, malabsorption, inability to eat, increased nutrient losses or increased energy expenditure caused by certain diseases ::Examples of illnesses that can cause malnutrition include [[diarrhea]], and cancer.<ref name="WHO-factsheet" /><ref name="hopkins" /><ref name="CDC" /><ref name="Medline">{{Cite web|url=https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000404.htm | title = Malnutrition|last = | first = | authorlink = |website=MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref><ref name="PMC4951875">{{Cite journal | title = The Neuroinflammatory Etiopathology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | date = 2017 | url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00088|journal=Frontiers in Physiology|volume=8|last = Glassford | first = Julian A. G. |doi=10.3389/fphys.2017.00088|pmc=PMC5314655|pmid=28261110|issn=1664-042X}}</ref>
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