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Inanition “Covers not getting enough food; or in very stressed infants, even if they get enough food and they are forced to digest it, they just don’t derive any nourishment from it. It’s a peculiar condition, well recognized in neglected and abused infants and children.” Young children “have to receive emotional support and feel safe; and when they don’t, you tend to see this phenomena of wasting away. We call that inanition, for want of a better term. ”