Choose the correct statements about kwashiorkor from the following.
a. It is found in infants who are less than an year old.
b. It is produced by the simultaneous deficiency of both the proteins and the calories.
c. It is characterised by extensive oedema and swelling of body parts.
d. It results from the replacement of mother’s milk by a high calorie, low protein diet in a child.

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a and b

c and d

b and c

a and d

answer is B.

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Kwashiorkar is produced by protein deficiency unaccompanied by calorie deficiency. It results from the replacement of mother’s milk by a high calorie low protein diet in a child more than one year in age. Kwashiorkor is characterised by wasting of muscles, thinning of limbs, extensive oedema, swelling of body parts, failure of growth and brain development.

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