This practice leads to nutritional marasmus, a condition resulting from severe protein and calorie deprivation. (religion-online.org)
When studies were done to find out the actual causes of marasmus and where and why it happened, it was actually found to occur «quite often among babies in the «best» homes, hospitals, and institutions and among babies receiving the «best and most careful attention. (boba.com)
Severe deficiency of energy, protein and micronutrients often leads to kwashiorkor or marasmus in a child who is already undernourished. (rehydrate.org)