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When breastfeeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories in infants below the age of one year, they are likely to suffer from


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Marasmus

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Kwashiorkor

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Pellagra

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Rickets

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Solution

The correct option is A

Marasmus


Prolonged starvation causes marasmus due to a generalised wasting of body because of both energy and protein deficiency. The body becomes lean and weak, the eyes are depressed and the skin is wrinkled.


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