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Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.

It may involve calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals.

Not enough nutrients is called undernutrition or undernourishment while too much is called overnutrition.

Malnutrition is often used to specifically refer to undernutrition where an individual is not getting enough calories, protein, or micronutrients.

If undernutrition occurs during pregnancy, or before two years of age, it may result in permanent problems with physical and mental development.

Extreme undernourishment, known as starvation, may have symptoms that include: a short height, thin body, very poor energy levels, and swollen legs and abdomen.

People also often get infections and are frequently cold.

The symptoms of micronutrient deficiencies depend on the micronutrient that is lacking.

Disaster management (or emergency management) is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.

Disaster management does not avert or eliminate the threats; instead, it focuses on creating plans to decrease the effect of disasters.

Failure to create a plan could lead to human mortality, lost revenue, and damage to assets.

Events covered by disaster management include acts of terrorism, industrial sabotage, fire, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc), public disorder, industrial accidents, and communication failures.

An aid agency is an organization dedicated to distributing aid.

Many professional aid organisations exist, both within government (e.g. AusAID, USAID, DFID, EuropeAid, ECHO), between governments as multilateral donors (e.g. UNDP) and as private voluntary organizations or non-governmental organisations, (e.g. ActionAid, Ducere Foundation, Oxfam, World Vision).

The International Committee of the Red Cross is the world’s oldest humanitarian organisation and is unique in being mandated by international treaty to uphold the Geneva Conventions.

Globalization or globalisation (see spelling differences) is the action or procedure of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture.

Advances in transportation (such as the steam locomotive, steamship, jet engine, and container ships) and in telecommunications infrastructure (including the rise of the telegraph and its modern offspring, the Internet and mobile phones) have been major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities.

Poverty reduction, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.