Question

What is kwashiorkor? Write its symptoms and ways of prevention.

Answer 1

Poor people are unable to take enough protein in the diet. Their diet mainly contains carbohydrates. This results in protein malnutrition. This condition results in a disease called Kwashiorkor.

Symptoms of Kwashiorkor: Bloated stomach, dry skin, patchy skin, lack of hunger. etc. This disease usually affects children. tt also affects pregnant women.
Prevention of Kwashiorkor. People at risk of this disease should be given dal (pulses) on a regular basis If possible, then meat and fish should also be provided to such people. There should be sufficient gap between the birth of two children to ensure proper growth of the older child.