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Malnutrition and health in developing countries.
CMAJ
August 2005
Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Malnutrition, with its 2 constituents of protein-energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, continues to be a major health burden in developing countries. It is globally the most important risk factor for illness and death, with hundreds of millions of pregnant women and young children particularly affected. Apart from marasmus and kwashiorkor (the 2 forms of protein- energy malnutrition), deficiencies in iron, iodine, vitamin A and zinc are the main manifestations of malnutrition in developing countries.
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