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 *he research research paper on Malnutrition also states that within househ household olds& s& lactat lactating ing women& women& adoles adolescen centt girls& girls& pregn pregnant ant female females& s& infants and "oung children and adults are vulnerable to malnutrition where the" had su)ered intrahousehold discrimination in access to food and care associated to their nutritional needs# *his situation of  vulnerabilit" is supplemental raised b" e'treme burden of workloads& infections infections&& malabsorpti malabsorption on s"ndromes& s"ndromes& environ environment mental al contaminati contamination& on& and inade;uate health services# *he research further sa"s that public health nutritionists stud" nutrition over the life c"cle& beginning with gestat gestation ional al nutrit nutrition ion and breas breastfe tfeedi eding& ng& to identi identif" f" these these cultur culturall all" " speci