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Protein Deficiency When a person has deficiency of protein in their diet, they can become victims of protein energy malnutrition. The malnutrition of protein has many health effects. There are two types of protein energy malnutrition, the first type is acute protein energy malnutrition, children who are recently deprived of food, the effect of it is characterised in children by thinness for their height. The second type is chronic protein energy malnutrition, this occurs in children due to long term deprivation of food and as a result the child's height is affected. Protein energy malnutrition can be further classified into marasmus and kwashiorkor. These diseases are specifically related protein deficiency. Marasmus is caused by severe deprivation of protein and energy due to long term lack of food intake. The disease results of the wasting of muscles and heart, therefore the body becomes very weak. The lack of protein intake has an...

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