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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 11 - 14. Human Nutrition

If breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food, low in proteins and calories, then the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from________.

  1. A kwashiorkar
  2. B jaundice
  3. C marasmus
  4. D gout
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(C) marasmus

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Marasmus is caused due to simultaneous deficiency of proteins and calories.