Q. 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:
A) Rickets
B) Kwashiorkor
C) Pellagra
D) Marasmus
Explanation
[Solution from source] Marasmus results from a combined deficiency of proteins and calories and is seen in infants below one year when mother's milk is replaced too early by food poor in both. Kwashiorkor is mainly protein deficiency (with adequate calories) and occurs in children over one year. Answer (4).
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