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NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2009

  • question_answer
    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) marasmus     

    B)        rickets                  

    C) kwashiorkor   

    D)        Pellagra

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Prolonged starvation causes marasmus due to a generalized wasting of body because of both energy and protein deficiency. The body becomes lean and weak, eyes depressed and- skin wrinkled. Kwashiorkor is a disease caused by continued deficiency of proteins in diet although energy intake may be adequate. Rickets (in children) occurs due to deficiency of vitamin-D. Pellagra occurs due to deficiency of nicotinamide (vitamin\[{{\text{B}}_{\text{5}}}\]).


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