Kwashiorkor results in a child due to the replacement of mother’s milk by a

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. It is characterised by extensive oedema and swelling of body parts.Marasmus is produced by a simultaneous deficiency of proteins and calories. It is found in infants less than a year in age, if mother’s milk is replaced too early by other foods which are poor in both proteins and caloric value. This often happens if the mother has second pregnancy or childbirth when the older infant is still too young.