NEET 2009 Biology question

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When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:

(1)Rickets
(2)Kwashiorkor
(3)Pellagra
(4)MarasmusCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

Marasmus is a protein-calorie (energy and protein) malnutrition of infants below one year of age, seen when mother's milk is replaced too early by low-calorie, low-protein diets. The child shows a wasted body, thin limbs, loss of subcutaneous fat, a

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