Question

Name one protein deficiency disease of young children

Answer 1

Marasmus is disease caused due to the deficiency of iron in our diet.
it is more likely to develop in children under 1 year of age and breast feeding fails or is not carried on for a sufficient length of time and suitable foods for weaning are either not available, or feeding practices discourage their use. The declining tendencies of breast feeding among mothers in developing countries contributes greatly to the high proportion of deaths due to nutritional deficiency and diarrhoeal diseases.

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