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What is malnutrition? What are its harmful effects?
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Answer
Malnutrition is the physical state of a person resulting either from an imbalanced diet or from physical inability to absorb nutrients properly due to some diseases.
The harmful effects of malnutrition are:
The harmful effects of malnutrition are:
- Deficiency of any of the nutrients in our diet causes diseases.
- Deficiency of protein causes kwashiorkor disease.
- Deficiency of carbohydrate and protein causes marasmus.
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