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Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition.In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage [1] and eventually, death.
Terminal dehydration (also known as voluntary death by dehydration or VDD) [8] has been described as having substantial advantages over physician-assisted suicide with respect to self-determination, access, professional integrity, and social implications.
Starvation ensues when the fat reserves are completely exhausted and protein is the only fuel source available to the body. Thus, after periods of starvation, the loss of body protein affects the function of important organs, and death results, even if there are still fat reserves left unused.
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He described the death of those who overindulged in food after the famine, whereas those who ate at a more restrained pace survived. [9] The Shincho Koki chronicle also describes a similar outcome when starved soldiers were fed after the surrender at the siege of Tottori castle on October 25, 1581. [10]
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Death by starvation was not the only reason for the rapid decline in population: deportation to Germany and Nazi shootings also played their part. Nevertheless, starvation was an important factor. [139] British historian Alex Kay estimates that about 10,000 city inhabitants died of starvation. [137] Soviet Union: 10,000: 1942–1943