Clinical Malnutrition
Severe – life threatening
MARASMUS - skin and bones, inadequate intake of calories.
Inc: die of infections or diarrhea
KWASHIORKOR - Edema (swelling) retain water, looks chunky.
Moon face
Hair pigmentation
Breast milk contains nutrients it needs. When another child comes along before the first is not quite finished – Pecking orders goes to adult men, boys and then very young. They get fed then with no protein.
They (poor countries – Africa) mix formula with polluted water and water it down. This
causes two problems. Not getting food to grow at that age. Part of the problem is education. Bananas are growing on trees but they don’t eat it.
Protein - caloric Malnutrition
- combination of the other two.
-the children are terribly thin and the stomach is bloated.
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