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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

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Kwashiorkor
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Pellagra
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Marasmus
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Rickets
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The correct option is C Marasmus
Marasmus is a disorder caused by deficiency of food or protein. Marasmus occurs in infants below 1 year of age when they do not get sufficient mother's milk or weaning diet. Such infants are often provided with very diluted cow or buffalo milk. Marasmus babies have emaciated body with shrivelled appearance, thin face, sunken eyes, wrinkled thin and dry skin, protruding ribs, reduced digestion and frequent diarrhoea.

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