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Description Kwashiorkor is a form that severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema, and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates. Sufficient … More Kwashiorkor is a form that severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema, and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates. Sufficient calorie intake, but with insufficient protein consumption, distinguishes it from marasmus. Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine or poor food supply. Cases in the developed world are rare.
Article
Samuël Coghe
(2021)
Between colonial medicine and global health: protein malnutrition and UNICEF milk in the Belgian Congo.
Medical History
(pp. 384-402).
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Book
Jennifer Tappan
(2017)
The Riddle of Malnutrition: The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda.
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